Creamy Onion Soup Recipe

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My husband works at a grain elevator and is outside in all kinds of weather. He appreciates having a big bowl of this soup waiting when he comes home.—Naomi Giddis, Two Buttes, Colorado

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Creamy Onion Soup Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 30 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

10 30 40

Ingredients

1 pound yellow onions (about 3 medium), sliced
2 tablespoons butter
4 cups chicken broth
Dash each pepper and dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon salt, optional
2 cups milk, divided
1/3 cup all-purpose flour

Directions

In a 3-qt. saucepan over medium heat, saute onions in butter. Add broth, pepper, thyme and salt if desired; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add 1-2/3 cups milk. Stir flour into remaining milk until smooth; add to soup. Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Yield: 6 servings (1-1/2 quarts).

Diabetic Exchanges: One 1-cup serving (prepared with margarine, low-sodium broth and skim milk and without salt) equals 1 vegetable, 1 starch, 1 fat; also, 133 calories, 162 mg sodium, 5 mg cholesterol, 17 gm carbohydrate, 6 gm protein, 5 gm fat.

Originally published as Creamy Onion Soup in Taste of Home June/July 1997, p41