FRENCH ONION SOUP help?

buttah · 12-28-2012, 05:13 PM

Okay, not sure where I got this recipe:

Saute 1 onion thinly sliced with 3 garlic cloves minced for 10 minutes. Stir in powder stevia ( 1 tsp). Cook 10 minutes. Add 2 cups of beef broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook 20 minutes. Add salt & pepper to taste.

BUT it seems odd to cook the onions for 10 minutes, then 10 MORE minutes after the stevia... then to simmer the whole thing for 20 minutes more. Is it really 40 minutes to make this? Seems like a lot of time for the stevia especially.

Also, the broth kind of "reduced," when it was done, so I had to add hot water.

What am I doing wrong? Does anyone have another version?

dawnyama · 12-28-2012, 06:07 PM

My number one meal on P2 is the French Onion soup that is in our recipe sticky at the top of the page. It was posted by metqa, is on the first page and I am in love with it!!! So yummy!!! It is so tasty and yes, you sautee the onions forever. I do it for 20 mins before adding in the broth. And yes, my broth has reduced a lot by the end so I have learned to use/add water FIRST and then add in the broth late in the recipe. That way I have the soup left to eat!!!

buttah · 12-28-2012, 06:53 PM

It was good, and I sort of split up my soup and my burger, an hour and half apart, which kept me satiated better.

So you're saying add water when the recipe calls for adding broth... then add the broth later? I worry about having too much of the broth. I use a FF one, but they all have quite a bit of sodium.

dawnyama · 12-29-2012, 05:15 PM

Well, it is up to you. There was one round I could not do soup at all. I would gain no matter what. Low sodium, fat free, regular. Didn't matter what I used. It was very frustrating. But, I love the French onion soup so I make adjustments to it. If that means more water and less broth....so be it. If you cut the broth with the water, you have less sodium. If you add the water to all the broth you have the same amount of sodium. I gave up just one round instead of trying to play around.

buttah · 12-29-2012, 05:23 PM

Well, since I had a bunch of it yesterday and had a one pound loss today, I'm not too worried. And it was nice having my veggies a couple hours before dinner - it let me put off my dinner.

But either way - you add the water first, then the broth, to cut down the reduction factor? Sorry if my question wasn't clear.

dawnyama · 12-29-2012, 05:29 PM

Yes, that is how I do it. I "fry" those onions for a long time that the liquid gets gone by the time I go to eat my soup. So I end up adding in water, just to cook up the onions. I add some of the beef broth for the flavor--the onions need that beef flavor to taste right, but keep adding in water as needed while they are cooking. Then add the bulk of the beef broth at the end. I am glad you did well with it!!! For me it is a crap shoot. Now that it is winter time I love to do soups and have them almost every day. Have to be careful that they are the fat free/reduced sodium variety though. Seems to help me.

12-28-2012, 05:13 PM	#1
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12-28-2012, 06:07 PM	#2
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12-28-2012, 06:53 PM	#3
buttah Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,739 Gallery: buttah Stats: 189/136/135-138 WOE: P3 w/a dash of P4 + Hunger Scale forever Start Date: LowCal/Dukan/JUDD 2/12-8/12, then 3 rounds rxHCG	It was good, and I sort of split up my soup and my burger, an hour and half apart, which kept me satiated better. So you're saying add water when the recipe calls for adding broth... then add the broth later? I worry about having too much of the broth. I use a FF one, but they all have quite a bit of sodium.

12-29-2012, 05:15 PM	#4
dawnyama Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 21,276 Gallery: dawnyama Stats: 154/???/115 5'4" WOE: Hhcg/Rwhatever P2 Start Date: 6/1/09	Well, it is up to you. There was one round I could not do soup at all. I would gain no matter what. Low sodium, fat free, regular. Didn't matter what I used. It was very frustrating. But, I love the French onion soup so I make adjustments to it. If that means more water and less broth....so be it. If you cut the broth with the water, you have less sodium. If you add the water to all the broth you have the same amount of sodium. I gave up just one round instead of trying to play around.

12-29-2012, 05:23 PM	#5
buttah Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,739 Gallery: buttah Stats: 189/136/135-138 WOE: P3 w/a dash of P4 + Hunger Scale forever Start Date: LowCal/Dukan/JUDD 2/12-8/12, then 3 rounds rxHCG	Well, since I had a bunch of it yesterday and had a one pound loss today, I'm not too worried. And it was nice having my veggies a couple hours before dinner - it let me put off my dinner. But either way - you add the water first, then the broth, to cut down the reduction factor? Sorry if my question wasn't clear.

12-29-2012, 05:29 PM	#6
dawnyama Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 21,276 Gallery: dawnyama Stats: 154/???/115 5'4" WOE: Hhcg/Rwhatever P2 Start Date: 6/1/09	Yes, that is how I do it. I "fry" those onions for a long time that the liquid gets gone by the time I go to eat my soup. So I end up adding in water, just to cook up the onions. I add some of the beef broth for the flavor--the onions need that beef flavor to taste right, but keep adding in water as needed while they are cooking. Then add the bulk of the beef broth at the end. I am glad you did well with it!!! For me it is a crap shoot. Now that it is winter time I love to do soups and have them almost every day. Have to be careful that they are the fat free/reduced sodium variety though. Seems to help me.