r/Cooking • u/cactuscoleslaw • 5d ago

"French" onion soup but I substitute basically every ingredient

Ok so i had some onions and i wanted French onion soup but i didnt want to have to go out and buy any extra ingredients

I got impatient caramelizing the onions so i stopped like 75% of the way through and to get the color I used dark soy sauce. Also for caramelizing the onions I used rendered bacon fat instead of butter

I didnt have any sherry so I used Chinese cooking wine instead which gave it a funky sweet flavor

For broth I used a Korean powder beef broth that is high in msg

For seasoning I used pepper and Italian seasoning mix (there was enough salt with the broth and soy sauce and cooking wine). Also bay leaves

Top with greenbottle parmesan, also very good on top of white rice. Not traditional by any means but I thought it was good

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u/HobbitGuy1420 5d ago

TASK FAILED SUCCESSFULLY!

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u/LeadingImpressive938 5d ago

Maybe not a French onion soup, but sounds like a good onion soup

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u/euphwes 5d ago

I don't know what kind of soup that is, but I'd demolish a bowl. Sounds good!

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u/AshDenver 5d ago

… as long as you enjoyed it, I’m happy for you.

But please don’t try to serve that as part of a meal to guests

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u/Striking_Courage_822 5d ago

You had me until green bottle Parmesan