Cheat’s Fat Free French Onion Soup is made in a fraction of the time a real French Onion Soup would take to make. But you don’t need to tell anyone, do you?
It’s October so we’re well into Autumn and heading on our way to Halloween.
I do love this time of year, the rustle of leaves, the golden colours, pumpkins, it’s all so warming.
Yesterday I made this Cheat’s Fat Free French Onion Soup which only uses 3 ingredients!
I had no intention of posting this and can’t actually take credit for it as it was my hubby’s idea!
It tasted so good I took a couple of snaps for Instagram but then thought if we enjoyed it then I’m sure you would and it’s so ridiculously easy too.
I’d bought a tub of reduced red onions for 1p so needing to use them up and wanting something warming for lunch this soup came about.
No fuss, barely any mess as I used our soup maker and so tasty from just some red onions and 2 different types of stock.
We’ll be having this again as my son who is a huge fan of French Onion Soup also loved it when he tried it later!
More Quick & Easy Soup Recipes
Once you’ve made my Cheat’s Fat Free French Onion Soup you should check out the following soup recipes too!
- 5 Minute Vegan Tomato Soup
- Cream of Asparagus & Celery Soup
- Quick Spinach Soup
- Simple Fat Free Spinach Soup (vegan)
- Quick Tom Yum Soup with Poached Egg
- Lettuce Soup
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Cheat’s Fat Free French Onion Soup
Ingredients
- 320 g red onion sliced or dicedj (I used a tub)
- 500 ml beef stock I used a stock pot
- 400 ml french onion stock I used a Kallo stock cube
Instructions
- If using a soup maker place all the ingredients into it adding stock up to the maximum level and set to chunky soup setting.
- If using the hob, place all the ingredients into a pan, bring to the boil and then simmer under a lid for 20 minutes.
- Blend, leaving a bit of texture and serve with crusty bread.
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
I love onion soup. It is what my mum used to make me when I was ill, so it has always been a favourite of mine.
Camilla
Aah thanks Dannii, love food memories:-)
Sus @ roughmeasures.com
Ah, it’s such perfect soup weather at the moment. This sounds lovely!
Camilla
Thanks Sus, it’s definitely soup weather:-)
May
Love a cheat recipe!
Camilla
Same here May:-)
Paul Wilson
I always like to sweat the onions down as slow as possible for onion soup – seems to make them sweeter and adds a depth of flavour.
Camilla
Yes Paul that’s how we used to do it when I worked in catering but this Cheat’s version worked because of the red onions as they are far sweeter so you can get away with it here:-)
Ickle Pickle
Ooh I love soup in the winter – this looks delicious, I must try it. Kaz x
Camilla
Thanks Kaz, I’m sure you’ll love it:-)
Lynne Powell
How many calories s portion of this soup, thank you
Camilla
Hi Lynne, sorry for the delay. Once serving has approximately 41 calories. I have now added this to the recipe card:-)
Fiona K
It would be handy if you indicated whether a recipe is vegetarian or vegan or not in the recipe page header. Then we don’t need to scroll down to see the ingredients. Obviously, not necessary if recipe has a meaty name, but for some dishes it is not obvious from the title, for example a vegetable soup that uses a meat stock.
Camilla
Hi Fiona, I have tags at the top of all my recipes so if you don’t see the tag vegetarian or vegan then it won’t be either of these things – hope that helps.
Sabina Sher
I love the sound of this! With some nice buttered bread I bet it would go down a treat!
Camilla
Thanks Sabina:-)
Louise @ Birds and Lilies
This looks really lovely, and I can’t believe it is so simple to make! I’ll have to try it x
Camilla
Glad you like it Louise do let me know what you think:-)
Sarah Bailey
I have to admit I have quite a love for soup – this sounds delicious.x
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, I’m sure you’d love this one too:-)
Serena
Not really keen on onion soup, but looks like a fairly simple recipe.
Camilla
I wasn’t either, try it, you might surprise yourself like I did:-)