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Green Onion Soup

October 9, 2011 by Elsie 3 Comments

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This Green Onion Soup is a twist on classic French Onion Soup–but it’s much quicker to make! Enjoy it for a light meal or a first course. It’s especially delicious when you can use fresh green onions, in season in the spring and summer!This Green Onion Soup is a twist on classic French Onion Soup--but it's much quicker to make! Enjoy it for a light meal or a first course.

Onions are a shadowy part of my past, and find little acceptance in my present. But strangely enough, these odd bulbs have managed to charm my taste buds in two notable forms. The first is French onion soup, which I selected off of a menu in France (the one governed by Epcot) when I was a child. I still marvel at that choice, but have a suspicion that I was heavily influenced by the melted cheese that came on top. Anyway, I liked it.

The second form of onion that I enjoy is green onions. They lack the things I loathe about regular onions, and impart a mild and complimentary flavour to all manner of dishes. The idea grew in my head to create a recipe that would epitomize my acceptance of onions.

Green onion soup is a take on its French cousin, but you will find it more savoury rather than sweet. I made this with homemade beef stock and homemade sourdough bread, which you would need to plan ahead for, but other than that this soup is deliciously easy to make.

Update 5/18/2018: Well, what do you know? I now like onions of many varieties, and use them frequently in my cooking! People change(:

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Green Onion Soup

This Green Onion Soup is a twist on classic French Onion Soup--but it's much quicker to make! Enjoy it for a light meal or a first course.

Course Soup
Keyword green onions, soup
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1 bunch green onions
  • 4-5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup filtered water
  • 3 cups beef stock
  • a fair quantity of fresh ground pepper
  • sea salt
  • bay leaf
  • half a glass of white wine
  • sourdough bread
  • Swiss cheese

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter in a pot. Use scissors to cut up the onions--bulbs and stalks--over the pot. Add garlic to the pot. Simmer with the onions for 5 minutes.

  2. Add beef broth, water, pepper, bay leaf, and several pinches of salt. Heat and simmer for a few minutes. Add wine.
  3. Toast sourdough bread. Dish up soup; float one or two pieces of bread over each serving. Grate a pile of Swiss cheese over each.

Recipe Notes

  • If you don't have sourdough, use any bread that is crusty or dense and will stand up well to the broth.
  • You can buy grass-fed, organic beef broth online to make this soup very nutritious!

Other easy soup recipes you might enjoy:

Artichoke Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chilled Cucumber and Avocado Summer Soup
French Onion Soup
Frugal Split Pea Soup
Garden Gazpacho
Hearty Clam Chowder
50 Real Food Soups for Cold Winter Nights

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  1. Debbie @ Easy Natural FoodDebbie @ Easy Natural Food says

    October 19, 2011 at 9:11 pm

    I would never have thought of green onion soup, but it sounds good, particularly with the addition of cheese. I’m going to be hosting a blog carnival specifically for soups, stocks and chowders, starting this Sunday. I would love it if you would come over and post this recipe. Here’s a link with more info.

    http://easynaturalfood.com/2011/10/17/introducing-sunday-night-soup-night/

    I hope to see you there!
    Debbie

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  2. KayrenayKayrenay says

    October 5, 2020 at 4:51 pm

    Question, I’m using fresh green onions from my garden, and I have a lot! What do you consider “1 bunch” in this recipe?

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    • ElsieElsie says

      October 10, 2020 at 5:50 am

      About 8 if they are large, 10-12 if the bulbs are pretty small. How lovely that you can grow and enjoy your own!

      Reply

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