Home Made French Onion Soup

This rich and tasty French Onion Soup is low in Points on the Weight Watchers plans. An authentic tasting French Onion Soup with fewer Points!
CourseSoups
CuisineFrench
Keywordfrench onion soup, low calorie soup recipe, weight watchers soup
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Servings5
Calories172kcal

Ingredients

  • 6 large onions thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 6 cups stock – beef, chicken or vegetable (1400ml)
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 – 3 sprigs of thyme Optional
  • 1 pinch Salt and pepper as required
  • Water
  • Baguette Optional
  • Grated reduced fat mature cheese Optional

Instructions

  • Place the sliced onions in a large saucepan / stockpot and drizzle over the olive oil.
  • Toss the onions about so that they are covered in oil.
  • Cook the onions over a medium heat for about 30 – 40 minutes stirring every 3 to 5 minutes. You are wanting the onions to brown and caramelize but you do not want them to stick to the bottom of the pan and burn.
  • Towards the end of the cooking time you may need to stir them every minute or so to stop them sticking and you can turn the heat down a little.
  • If you find that bits start to stick to the bottom of the pan, add a couple of tablespoons of water to the pan and use a wooden spoon to scrape the bits off the bottom.
  • Once the onions are nice and caramelized, add the garlic and cook for one or two minutes before adding the white wine vinegar.
  • Scrape off anything that has stuck to the bottom of the pan (deglazing). This adds to the flavour.
  • Add the flour and stir.
  • Add the stock, Worcestershire sauce and sprigs of thyme, if using.
  • Stir.
  • Bring the soup to a simmer and then cover and turn down the heat so that it gently simmers for about 10 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and carefully fish out the sprigs of thyme.
  • Taste and add salt and pepper if required.

For the cheesy croutons (additional SmartPoints*)

  • Slice 5 x 1 inch pieces from a crusty baguette.
  • Place the slices of bread on a baking sheet place under the grill/broiler until they start to toast. Turn and toast the other side.
  • Remove the slices of bread from under the grill / broiler.
  • Place one piece of the grilled bread into each of bowls of soup.
  • Carefully pile about 10g of cheese on the top of each slice of bread and place the bowl of soup under the grill / broiler until the cheese starts to melt and bubble.

Notes

* The addition of a cheesy crouton increases the SmartPoints by 2 SmartPoints if you are following the Blue, Purple or Freestyle plan or 3 SmartPoints if you are following the Green plan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 620mg | Potassium: 840mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g

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