French Dip Soup Rachael Ray Food

FRENCH DIP SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large, shallow skillet over moderate heat, melt butter. Add shallots to butter and saute 2 minutes. Add flour to butter and shallot and cook a minute longer. Whisk in sherry and cook liquid out. Whisk in consomme in a slow stream. Bring sauce to a bubble and allow to simmer over low heat until ready to serve sandwiches.
• Pile meat loosely across your cutting board or a large work surface. Season meat with grill seasoning or salt and black pepper. Set out 4 ramekins or small soup cups for dipping sauce, 4 dinner plates and 4 split torpedo rolls. To assemble, using a pair of kitchen tongs, dip meat into loose au jus sauce and pile into rolls. Set ramekins or cups with extra dipping sauce along side the sandwiches.

FRENCH DIP CHEESEBURGERS ON BRIOCHE ROLLS WITH CRISPY, BUTTERY CRUSHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Gather ingredients.
• Halve and peel the onions and leave root end attached. Thinly slice the onions from the root end, down and in opposite direction, thinly slicing onion, then slice off the root end to separate.
• To a medium nonstick skillet over medium to medium-high heat, add the oil, 1 turn of the pan. Melt butter into oil, then add onions and season with salt and white or black ground pepper, bay leaf. Stir and soften a few minutes, then add 1/2 cup water and about 1/2 cup consomme or beef bone broth and let it absorb, 4 to 5 minutes. Add creme fraiche or sour cream and mustard, then combine and reduce heat to low/warm, cover. Remove bay before serving.
• Warm the remaining 2 1/2 cups consomme or bone stock in small pot over low heat for dipping.
• Preheat cast-iron skillet or griddle for burgers over medium-high heat.
• Meanwhile, place potatoes in a skillet with lid with 2 1/2 cups water and some butter and bring to boil, covered. Cook 8 to 10 minutes to just tender, then remove lid and let water evaporate. Crush potatoes a bit with the bottom of a water glass and brown to crisp up edges and skins, 6 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• While the potatoes are cooking, mix garlic into the beef. Score meat into 4 sections, then form 4 patties thinner at centers than edges for even cooking. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Cook patties in skillet or on griddle about 8 minutes, turning occasionally. Melt cheese, 2 slices per patty, over tops in last minute or so.
• Split and lightly toast buns, optional.
• Drain and slice some cornichons for the buns.
• Chop parsley.
• To serve: Top bun bottoms with pickles, patties, creamy onions, tops of buns. Cut burgers in half and serve with small bowls of warm consomme or stock for dipping burgers and potatoes alongside, sprinkled with chopped parsley.

FRENCH DIP

Steps:

• For the prime rib: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place rib eye fat-side down in a roasting pan. Pour half of Worcestershire over the top, then sprinkle on half of the steak seasoning. Flip and cover with remaining Worcestershire and seasoning.
• Roast for 2 hours. Let cool completely, then slice thinly on a meat slicer.
• For the au jus: Place red wine in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce by half. Add beef base and dissolve thoroughly. Add onion, garlic, thyme and 6 cups water and simmer until vegetables are soft. Strain.
• For the French dip: Split and toast hoagie rolls. Heat au jus until hot, then add prime rib to heat thoroughly.
• Whisk together horseradish and sour cream in a bowl. Spread on hoagie rolls. Layer Swiss cheese in hoagies, then add caramelized onions and top with hot prime rib.
• Plate sandwiches with fries and cups of warm au jus for dipping.

OH SO GOOD FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a deep pot over medium to medium high heat. Work next to the stove to slice onions. Add oil and butter to the pot. Add onions to the pot as you slice them. When all the onions are in the pot, season with salt and pepper and 1 teaspoon fresh thyme. Cook onions 15 to 18 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender, sweet and caramel colored. Add bay leaf and sherry to the pot and deglaze the pan drippings. Add 6 cups stock and cover pot to bring soup up to a quick boil.
• Arrange 4 small, deep soup bowls or crocks on a cookie sheet. Preheat broiler to high. Once soup reaches a boil, ladle it into bowls. Float toasted crusty bread on soup and cover each bowl with a mound of cheese. Sprinkle remaining fresh thyme on cheese and place cookie sheet with soup bowls on it under hot broiler until cheese melts and bubbles.

FRENCH ONION DIP AND CHIPS

Steps:

• Place a medium skillet over medium to medium high heat and add the extra-virgin olive oil and the butter. Melt butter into oil then add onions and garlic cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add bouillon cube to the pan with 1/2 cup water and cook until it "melts" coats onions, stirring frequently, 3 minutes. Season the onions with pepper, thyme and Worcestershire sauce. Remove from heat and transfer to a plate to quick-cool a bit.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the sour cream and softened creamed cheese using a rubber spatula. Stir in the onion mixture until completely combined, add salt if necessary and adjust your seasonings. Serve at room temperature or chill. Garnish with chives.
• Pack up chips as-is. Season the veggie chips with salt and pack up with a paper towel to capture excess moisture in a plastic food bag. If serving at home, salt vegetables in single layer, let stand 5 minutes then pat dry. Arrange chips and vegetable chips around dip and serve.

FRENCH DIP SOUP (RACHAEL RAY)

Steps:

• Heat a deep pot over medium to medium-high heat.
• Add EVOO, about one turn of the pan, and butter to the pot.
• Add the onions to the pot as you slice them and the chopped garlic.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Add thyme sprigs and a bay leaf.
• Cook the onions for 20-25 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender, sweet and deep caramel-colored. If the onions are burning in spots before browning all over, add a splash of water and stir every now and then, scraping the bottom of the pot.
• Once the onions are tender and brown, add the white wine and scrape up all the brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Add the beef stock and cover the pot to bring the soup up to a quick boil.
• Place a few chunks of the toasted bread into each of four deep soup bowls or crocks and top the toast with a handful of the shredded roast beef.
• Once the soup reaches a boil, remove the bay leaf and thyme sprigs and ladle into bowls to cover the roast beef.
• If you like, top it off with a handful of cheese and enjoy!

FRENCH ONION DIP SOUP WITH DIJON AND GRUYERE CROUTONS

Steps:

• Heat a soup pot over medium heat; add the butter and melt. When the butter foams, add the onions, leeks, shallots, garlic, bay leaf, thyme and salt and pepper. Partially cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until caramelized, about 35 minutes. Deglaze the pot with sherry, then add the Worcestershire and stock. Taste for seasoning when it comes to a bubble. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal.
• Heat the soup and creme fraiche over medium heat until bubbly and thickened a bit. Toast the bread on the middle rack under the broiler; remove and top one side with the mustard and cheese. Return to the oven to melt the cheese.
• Serve the soup in shallow bowls, topped with scallions and cheesy croutons.