Easiest Way to Make Perfect Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup

Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup. Panera Bread is known for its savory soups. The Bistro French Onion Soup was removed from the menu, and now it is back. Enjoy a bowl of copycat Panera Bread Bistro French Onion Soup.

I happened to find a copycat recipe of the soup that seemed easy, if a bit time consuming, and made a few adaptations. The results are well worth the trouble. Heat a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. You can cook Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup

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

Add the butter and stir until melted. 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.

Copycat Panera Bread French Onion Soup step by step

1. 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..
2. 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..
3. 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..

Starting over, I referred to the soup's ingredients posted online by Panera Bread and noticed there is no broth in the soup, which means every copycat recipe online is wrong. I didn't want to make the same mistake in my recipe, but without the broth my soup would be lacking some important flavor components, and that's no good either. Try this version of Copycat Panera French Onion Soup. After cooking the onions, add the rest of the ingredients and let simmer. It will take over an hour to make from start to finish, but the process is easy and the result is delicious.