Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup. Whenever I go to Panera Bread I have a bowl of their French Onion Soup. It is my absolute favorite soup and just thinking of it makes me hungry. I happened to find a copycat recipe of the soup that seemed easy, if a bit time consuming, and made a few adaptations.

French onion soup is uniquely flavorful, rich in caramelized onions with the hint of nutty tone and cheesy baguette toasts. To gain all of its best flavor, I used special technique, called deglazing, which creates distinct flavor of the soup. Make your own Panera Bread Steak & White Cheddar Panini at home with this easy copycat recipe. You can cook Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup

You need 4 tbsp of Butter.
It's 4 medium of Vadilia sweet onions.
You need 2 can of Beef broth.
It's 1 cup of Chicken broth.
Prepare 1 3/4 cup of Water.
Prepare 3 tbsp of Ketchup.
It's 3 tbsp of Flour or Wondra.
You need 1 1/2 tsp of Course ground black pepper.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of Salt.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of Dried thyme.
It's 1/4 tsp of Garlic powder.
You need 1 1/2 tbsp of Worcestershire.
Prepare of garnish.
Prepare 1 bunch of Parsley.
You need 1 loaf of Crusty french bread.
You need 1 lb of Thinly sliced Gruyere cheese.
Prepare 1 of Butter.

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Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup instructions

Melt 4 TBS butter in a large stock pot, when melted, add the thinly sliced onions (no longer than an inch in lengh) to the pot and sauté on medium high heat for approx 20/25 minutes until the onions turn brown and soft..
Once the onions are soft, mix the flour and water together and slowly pour into the onion mixture stirring constantly yielding a thick consistency. Next add the remaining ingredients (but not the garnish) and stir . Heat soup until it's lightly boiling, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes..
In the mean time to make the croutons, slice the French bread thinly (no thicker then a 1/2 inch). Butter the top side and stick under the broiler until the tops turn brown. Once the soup is done, ladle in an oven safe bowl. Add a few of the bread pieces on top and cover with the cheese. Put back in the broiler until the cheese is bubbly and melted and brown. Add fresh parsley on top before serving..

I thought this soup was really good but not as good as panera's, which topsecreet recipes claim it is. Then again, I subsituted a mixture of light butter and Make croutons for the top of the soup by slicing foccacia bread (or other bread) into slices. Butter both sides of the slices, then cut into bite-size cubes. Great recipe for Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup. Every time I go to a restaurant I order the French onion soup.