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French Onion Soup

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  • on June 12, 2006

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    This took about an hour and a half to make, but was easy and well worth the wait. Flavor was sweet, savory and good to the last bite.

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  • on June 07, 2006

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    I'm a big fan of Alton, but the idea of adding Apple Cider as a main ingredient isnt too great. It is just too overpowering for the soup. Not only was it too sweet, it tasted too strongly of apples. I had to increase the broth content and add a packet Lipton recipe secrets before it tasted ok.

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  • on April 27, 2006

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    I absolutely LOVE the tip about using the electric frying pan. you just put them in there and walk away.

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  • on April 07, 2006

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    I have made Alton's French Onion Soup about ten times now and it just keeps getting better and better. As another reviewer pointed out, the cider does tend to make it very sweet, so I've begun to make the soup without it. I also agree that I tend to use more than the 10 oz. of Chicken and Beef stock, as I made this just days ago, I'm up to nearly 20 oz. of each. As always, Alton's recipes taste good, are fun to make and even more fun to experiment with on your own. I strongly recommend this recipe.

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  • on March 26, 2006

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    when i made this soup i left out the cognac and apple cider. It turned out great. My family enjoyed it and i will make it again.

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  • on March 09, 2006

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    If I could make and eat this every day for the rest of my life, I would.

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  • on February 20, 2006

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    I thought the soup was too sweet, probably from the apple cider.

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  • on February 09, 2006

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    I love it more and more each time I make it. Thank you for everything!!

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  • on February 07, 2006

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    This was followed to the letter. Carefully watching the recipe as to not do anything wrong. It still came out like salty apple soup. No beef. Just melted cheese and cider. I hope that alton has an explaination on this one.

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  • on January 01, 2006

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    There are two French Onion Soup recipes posted by Alton Brown. Don't use this one. After trying this recipe, and finding the second, the other one has most of the changes I would make to this one.

    Half the onions, mix red and sweet white. Reduce the amount of salt. Based on the previous comments, I'd also reduce the Apple CIDER (Don't use Apple Cider Vinegar by half and replace it with water. If you think it needs more sweetness, then slowly add the remaining apple cider to taste and cook out the water...

    Finally, my electric skillet took FOREVER at 300 deg F and I ended up increasing the temp to 350-400. With 10 onions, it took a good couple of hours to cook down the onions.

    Plan on plenty of time to prepare this recipe.

    I'll try the other recipe and leave a review on that one another day.

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