Recipe: Yummy Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup

Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup. Warm up chilly nights with this Panera Bread French Onion Soup recipe. Click here for more of my copycat Panera Bread recipes. Whenever I go to Panera Bread I have a bowl of their French Onion Soup.

Stay warm with this GREAT French onion soup! With beef stock base, slow-cooked caramelized onions, French bread, gruyere and The first is the stock. Your soup will only be as good as the stock you are using. You can have Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup

1. You need 4 tbsp of Butter.
2. Prepare 4 medium of Vadilia sweet onions.
3. It's 2 can of Beef broth.
4. You need 1 cup of Chicken broth.
5. You need 1 3/4 cup of Water.
6. You need 3 tbsp of Ketchup.
7. You need 3 tbsp of Flour or Wondra.
8. You need 1 1/2 tsp of Course ground black pepper.
9. You need 1 1/2 tsp of Salt.
10. It's 1/4 tsp of Dried thyme.
11. It's 1/4 tsp of Garlic powder.
12. It's 1 1/2 tbsp of Worcestershire.
13. You need of garnish.
14. You need 1 bunch of Parsley.
15. It's 1 loaf of Crusty french bread.
16. You need 1 lb of Thinly sliced Gruyere cheese.
17. It's 1 of Butter.

This soup traditionally is made with beef stock, though sometimes a good beef. French Onion soup is one of my favorite soups. Now you can make a copycat recipe for Panera Bread French Onion Bistro Soup. This soup is delicious and so easy to make.

Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup instructions

1. Melt 4 TBS butter in a large stock pot, when melted, add the thinly sliced onions (no longer than an inch in lengh) to the pot and sauté on medium high heat for approx 20/25 minutes until the onions turn brown and soft..
2. Once the onions are soft, mix the flour and water together and slowly pour into the onion mixture stirring constantly yielding a thick consistency. Next add the remaining ingredients (but not the garnish) and stir . Heat soup until it's lightly boiling, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes..
3. In the mean time to make the croutons, slice the French bread thinly (no thicker then a 1/2 inch). Butter the top side and stick under the broiler until the tops turn brown. Once the soup is done, ladle in an oven safe bowl. Add a few of the bread pieces on top and cover with the cheese. Put back in the broiler until the cheese is bubbly and melted and brown. Add fresh parsley on top before serving..

Panera Bread Bistro French Onion Soup Learn how to make Panera Bread Bistro French Onion Soup with this easy copycat recipe and video. The biggest difference I find with Panera's formula versus other onion soup recipes is the inclusion of a small, almost undetectable. Today I am showing you how to make some delicious copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup. You can make this and eat it immediately or make it in the Crock-pot for busy days.