Vegan French Onion Soup
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Most of my recipe ideas come from a craving, and my vegan French onion soup is no different. It’s hard to find well-seasoned vegan soups on store shelves, especially the gluten free kind.
I only eat gluten free food, so it took some time for me to come up with a recipe that would work well because some gluten free bread can crumble easily.
I knew that I had a few favorite brands of gluten free bread that held up nicely when toasted, so I decided to go with homemade gluten free croutons verses a full slice of bread for this French Onion soup recipe.
The first step to making this delicious soup was to slice up a few onions very thinly to ensure they would cook through thoroughly. Then I caramelized the onions in vegan butter, olive oil, and my own mixture of browning sauce that is alcohol free.
A lot of classic recipes call for alcohol or wine but because I don’t have any on hand, I make my own concoction combining balsamic vinaigrette, and tamari sauce, which is gluten free soy sauce.
Next, I added veggie broth to make this a classic French onion soup. I added some spices and let the onions soften and waited for the gluten free soup to get piping hot because the last step will only melt the vegan cheese and not heat the soup.
I haven’t been able to find any good gluten free croutons that are also vegan croutons and that taste good. I diced up four slices of gluten free bread that is also vegan, and toasted them in my toaster oven to make homemade croutons.
Once the soup was done cooking, I ladled it into two oven safe bowls. DO NOT use plastic, glass, or any bowl that can crack or melt in the oven. Please use a bowl that is marked safe for heat in the oven.
I made little foil blankets for my soup bowls to keep the heat in because the broiler is not meant to heat them but rather to melt the vegan cheese. I also placed the bowls on a cookie sheet to protect my oven from possible drips.
This recipe makes four bowls, but I made the last two as leftovers the next day. Then I used Miyoko's Creamery Liquid Vegan Pizza Mozzarella Cheese poured over the top of the croutons and placed in the broiler for 3-4 minutes.
I kept an eye on it to make sure the vegan mozzarella cheese didn’t burn.
You can also substitute in slices of cheese like Follow Your Heart provolone, but I wanted to try out the liquid vegan cheese and it worked well. I use it for a lot of things besides vegan pizza and it works for everything.
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Ingredients:
5 Tablespoons of olive oil
3 Tablespoons of vegan butter
3 Tablespoons of coconut sugar
5-6 Small white onions sliced thin
3 minced garlic cloves
1/2 cup of balsamic vinaigrette (not the dressing, the real kind) mixed with tamari sauce
1 container of veggie broth (or four small cans if you can’t find the container)
1-1/2 teaspoons of oregano
1-1/2 teaspoons of garlic powder
1-1/2 teaspoons of onion powder
1 teaspoon of paprika
1 teaspoon of black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 Container of Miyoko’s Liquid Vegan Pizza Mozzarella or any vegan cheese of your choice
Homemade Croutons
4 slices of vegan gluten free bread
Dice into cubes
Drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil and mix well
Place on cookie sheet and place in toaster oven until toasted
Directions:
Slice onions and place in medium size saucepan on medium heat with butter, olive oil, coconut sugar, balsamic vinaigrette, and garlic cloves.
Caramelize the onions and then pour the container of veggie broth onto the onions in the saucepan. Add the spices and stir well. Turn down heat to medium-low to simmer.
Remove from heat when onions are soft and soup is hot.
Ladle soup into heat safe bowls, and place an even amount of breadcrumbs over each bowl of soup.
Pour vegan cheese over the top of breadcrumbs. Place heat safe bowls filled with soup, breadcrumbs, and cheese onto a cookie sheet. You can make a foil blanket for the bowls to keep them insulated so the soup stays hot.
Place in broiler for 3-4 minutes. Keep an eye on it! Remove when vegan cheese starts to bubble and brown.
Serve immediately on trivets placed onto a heat safe plate because the bowls will be very hot!