Healthified French Onion Soup

66% less fat • 38% fewer calories • 84% less sat fat than the original recipe. Spoon up a pièce de résistance in the alluring savory taste of French Onion Soup. There's more that’s good for you, and less that isn’t.

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The Quick Take: Healthified

Calories Reduced By 130
Fat Reduced By 14g
Saturated Fat Reduced By 11g

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Nutrition Information:

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving (1 Cup Soup and 2 Baguette Slices)

Calories: 210
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 2g, 2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%;
Sodium: 510mg; 510%;
Total Carbohydrate: 26g; 26%
(Dietary Fiber 3g 3% Sugars 7g 7% ),
Protein: 11g; 11%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 8%;
Calcium: 15%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Prep Time 60 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min
Servings 4

Ingredients

1: tablespoon olive or canola oil

4: medium onions (about 1 1/2 lb), sliced (8 cups)

1: carton (32 oz) reduced-sodium beef broth (4 cups)

1/4: teaspoon dried thyme leaves

1/4: teaspoon pepper

1: bay leaf

2: teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

8: slices (1/2 inch thick) baguette French bread

1/4: cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese (1 oz)

Directions

1 In 4-quart nonstick Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions; cook uncovered 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook 35 to 40 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until onions are light golden brown (onions will shrink during cooking).
2 Stir in broth, thyme, pepper, bay leaf and soy sauce. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf.
3 Meanwhile, set oven control to broil. Place baguette slices on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle cheese evenly on slices. Broil with tops 4 to 6 inches from heat 30 to 60 seconds or until cheese is melted. Watch carefully so cheese does not burn.
4 To serve, ladle soup into bowls. Serve with baguette slices.

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Before	After
1/4 cup butter	1 tablespoon olive or canola oil
1 carton (32 oz) beef broth	1 carton (32 oz) reduced-sodium beef broth (4 cups)
1 cup shredded Gruyère or Swiss cheese (4 oz)	2 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
	1/4 cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese (1 oz)

Nutritional Highlights

Calories		340 (before) 210 (after)
Fat		1/2 (before) 0 (after)
Saturated Fat		13 g (before) 2 g (after)
Total Fat		21 g (before) 7 g (after)

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Expert Tips

We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the originals.

We've added reduced-sodium soy sauce to this healthified version of onion soup as a flavor enhancer.

Be sure to use shredded fresh Parmesan cheese rather than the powdery grated variety. You'll get a better melt if you start with a brick and shred it yourself, but you can also use preshredded.

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Posted 1/17/2013 10:19:34 AM REPORT ABUSE mern3361 said:

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Made last night with a few alterations....delicious! sauteed onions in 1 T olive oil and 1 T butter. Let them cook 40 minutes. Added 3 cans broth, 4 tsp soy sauce, 1 tsp worcest. sauce, pepper, fresh thyme and 2 bay leaves. Simmered for 1/2 hr. Broiled the bread crouton before-hand so it was hard. Then placed bread on top of soup and covered with 2 slices provolone and broiled til bubbly. OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD!

Posted 11/23/2011 12:46:08 PM REPORT ABUSE lake street said:

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For the first time I entered your site. It looks great, but I don't like HOW it's printed because it doesn't "copy" well. I like to save the recipes in Word files. Yours are too time-intensive to save. I almost abandoned the site (many others may, too!) but thought I'd write to you first.

Posted 9/11/2009 2:31:08 PM REPORT ABUSE Loved IT said:

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Finally got around to making this soup. Didn't have the bread in house so did without. Even my chef husband liked it!

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We calculated the nutrition of this recipe at the time it was created on 07/19/2012. NOTE: We do not include optional ingredients in our calculations.

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