I’ll be honest, I never really ate French onion soup before my vegan days, so I’m not sure how it’s supposed to taste. My guys were the ones to decide if this one passed the test. The Ninth Grader liked it a lot, but found it a little salty (I used broth and miso). The Husband liked it, but didn’t care for the vegan cheese—he admitted that the real cheese is what made it so great before. I myself, loved the vegan cheese and I found that it all worked so well. Of course, the salt-factor didn’t seem to be a problem for me, which I’m thinking is because I spent the day (from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.) walking over 15 miles along one of Fort Collins’ trails and pretty much sweated out any salt, so I was needing it! You can certainly just use water for this recipe. This recipe serves 3.
INGREDIENTS:
3 Tbs olive oil
2 extra large onions, sliced (about 8 cups)
4 C water (or broth)
1/3 C miso
3 Tbs water or broth
1 Tbs thyme
Black pepper (and salt, if needed)
Vegan cheese
Croutons
1/2 a loaf of sourdough or French bread or baguette, sliced
Olive oil
DIRECTIONS:
Heat the 3 tablespoons of oil in a large soup pot and add the onions. Cook them over medium heat for about 30-40 minutes, or until they soften and begin to brown.
Meanwhile, make the croutons. Lay them out on a baking sheet, brush with oil and place under the broiler until browned. Flip them, brush with oil and broil again.
In a small bowl, combine the miso, thyme and tablespoons of water or broth.
Add the water/broth and miso mixture to the onions and bring to a boil.
Fill bowls with the soup, top with the croutons and cover with cheese. I used the Daiya shreds and also sliced up some of the Daiya Swiss slices:
Place the bowls onto a baking sheet and place under the broiler for just 1-2 minutes.
Enjoy!
- 3 Tbs olive oil
- 2 extra large onions, sliced (about 8 cups)
- 4 C water (or broth)
- ⅓ C miso
- 3 Tbs water or broth
- 1 Tbs thyme
- Black pepper (and salt, if needed)
- Vegan cheese
- Croutons
- ½ a loaf of sourdough or French bread or baguette, sliced
- Olive oil
- Heat the 3 tablespoons of oil in a large soup pot and add the onions. Cook them over medium heat for about 30-40 minutes, or until they soften and begin to brown.
- Meanwhile, make the croutons. Lay them out on a baking sheet, brush with oil and place under the broiler until browned. Flip them, brush with oil and broil again.
- In a small bowl, combine the miso, thyme and tablespoons of water or broth.
- Add the water/broth and miso mixture to the onions and bring to a boil.
- Fill bowls with the soup, top with the croutons and cover with cheese. I used the Daiya shreds and also sliced up some of the Daiya Swiss slices
- Place the bowls onto a baking sheet and place under the broiler for just 1-2 minutes.
Fourteen miles? You should be doing el Camino de Santiago with Woodswoman.
This soup looks wonderful, April. Well done with the photos, too.
that looks awesome! I’ve never had it at all, but this looks good to me!
Good work. I think making vegan French onion is incredibly hard. You did really well.
That looks amazing! That would be the perfect fall/winter lunch on a cold day.
I never had French onion soup pre-vegan but I remember going out with family and someone ordered it and I thought it looked good (aside from the fact that it wasn’t vegan). Your version looks really delicious and is cruelty free!
Oh and I forgot to mention. I didn’t know the Daiya made a swiss version. I will need to look for that. Is it new?
Yeah, they recently came out with sandwich slices, one in a Swiss flavor and a Provolone version. They’re fairly new and so far, I’ve only found them at Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocer. They’re pretty good!
Ooh, I’m trying this for sure! All this rain really has me craving soup and other fall-like recipes!
Me too 🙂 Although we’ll be back in the 80s next week, I hear!
We found those Daiya swiss cheese slices today and made a mushroom melt using them. They are good but very “thick” feeling. Also my wife found some vegan white chocolate chips on Amazon. One company that made them was called King David. There were other brands on there as well.
Thanks for info on the white chocolate chips!