Not traditional but very good. This is not traditional as it has chick peas in it but this is an eating well site so that makes sense right? It was quite good - I just felt it needed more flavour so I added bay leaves and a little red wine. I also used swiss cheese as well as mozza. Pros: Nice idea to add the chick peas for extra nutrition. Cons: Needed a little more flavour - added bay leaves and some red wine.
This recipe was great...except for those darn chick peas.They were really out of place. I also used swiss cheese as I'm not a big fan of gruyere. I would have loved it had I omitted the garbanzos. My husband did not like the soggy bread.
Excellent. Barbara Holland Excellent. Barbara Holland Jerusalem Is
I love french onion soup and have always wanted to make it on my own. My mom and I tried this recipe and it was AMAZING! We didn't have leeks or chives so we did omit those ingredients. We also substituted broken up pieces of bagel chips instead of bread and parmesan and mozzarella cheese instead of the ones on the ingredient list because we wanted to use what we had in the fridge. We also substituted dry red wine for the sherry. I loved this recipe it is so easy and cheap! I will make it again!
I liked this recipe but felt it was not as flavorful as I expected. But I promptly fixed that! I added a little extra salt and shots of hot sauce. The results were ultra yummy. For the bread wheat bread was too bland so I used fresh wheat sour dough bread. Fantastic. Good recipe but needed spicing up. Thanks!
Surprisingly good considering how quickly this is prepared Considering that most french onion soups take hours to prepare this is really good! I added a little extra kick with some Worcester sauce. For the bread I used a nice crusty sourdough toasted it and then placed it on top of the soup and finally covered with cheese. I absolutely love french onion soup but generally don't feel like it can me a main dish. But the addition of the chick peas here changes that. I was a little worried it would be weird but it really wasn't. (I have to think a dish is phenomenal to give it a 5 star rating.) Pros: Quick to prepare added protien from beans
My husband adores french onion soup so I tried this recipe out on him last weekend and he loved it! I didn't have any leeks so just added more onions. I also used veg broth instead of chicken/beef. I toasted some reg ww bread i already had and placed in bottom of oven safe bowls then used some sliced provolone on top and popped them under the broiler for a few minutes and voila - yummy! and super filling with the chickpeas - loved it! Melissa Boston MA
Oh my GAWD! This recipe is delicious! This is going in the "keeper" file for sure! The things I changed: I used red wine instead of sherry because I had it. I caramelized the onions just a bit to concentrate the flavor a little more. I added shallots to the onions. I love shallots. And to be honest I couldn't figure out the point of having the wheat bread. It didn't add anything to the soup and in fact was just soggy. Next time I will omit the toast and simply put the lump of cheese at the bottom of the bowl and then put it under the broiler for no more than a minute just to melt the cheese just a little. The result is you dip your spoon into the soup and find a surprise of yummy pungent cheese! Pros: full flavor cheesy delicious Cons: Toast is useless
Good soup for the time spent preparing it. Used cannelli beans which were good and filling. Made it into a meal. Toasted bread melted cheese and put on top of soup to keep it from getting soggy. Used red wine and whatever cheese I had in fridge. Pros: Good recipe for a quick soup
