Onion Soup

  • 3 cubes butter
  • 4 cups white onions – sliced
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 12 cups chicken stock (about 7 cans)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoons whipping cream
  1. Melt butter in 6 quart soup kettle.
  2. Add onions.
  3. Set heat to very low.
  4. Cook onions until melted down. (Be careful not to brown onions.)
  5. Add flour.
  6. Cook 5 to 10 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
  7. Blend in chicken stock, salt, and pepper.
  8. Heat to a boil.
  9. Simmer 15 minutes.
  10. Remove kettle from heat.
  11. Beat egg yolk and cream.
  12. Add a little of the soup and mix quickly.
  13. Add to kettle.

Yellowstone 2011 – Eating 56

6 cubes butter
8 cups white onions – sliced
3 1/2 cups flour
2 45 oz cans Swenson’s chicken broth
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons salt
2 egg yolks
4 tablespoons whipping cream