The easiest pressure cooker French onion soup topped with French bread and cheese! Made in just 3 minutes on your Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi, you’ll love it. Much faster than our Crockpot French onion soup recipe but with the same great bold taste all day long.
Ninja Foodi French
onion soup I
hadn’t eaten French onion soup in a lifetime, but once again I had a bowl at our favorite restaurant while it snowed. Seriously, it was the best bowl of home-cooked food I had ever remembered in the past. I thought “I must figure out how to do this myself” but faster. And that’s what I did.
The first time was on my IP and then I made it as an easy recipe for Ninja Foodi in that pot that skipped step in the oven. With the crunchy air method in that pot, you could melt the cheese in the same pot. Game changer.
French onion soup Instant Pot
I tried how long it would take my onions to be perfect. I did it twice and varied the ways. You can choose either and here are the differences.
First time:
- caramelized onions with butter in the function of sautéing first until golden brown and well softened,you
- can do it in a cast iron pan beforehand if you prefer, but the beauty of this pot is to make everything in one place
- Second time: skip that step and just cook
- Both were good
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onions in the broth
If you take the extra step suggested, this is what
we are looking for when you say “deep flavors” and colors. 😉
How is French onion soup made in Ninja Foodi?
The same way you do it on an IP or Crockpot Express . All those pressure cooker brands, and beyond, have the high-pressure and sautéing (or browning) function you want. The biggest difference is how you would end it. If you have a Foodi pressure cooker and an air fryer, you don’t have to grill like you do with an IP.
Instead, you can place your day’s worth of bread just on top until everything is covered. Sprinkle over the cheeses of your choice and close the crispy lid in the air, the one that is attached. Hit the fresh air 400 degrees for 2-3 minutes or until it melts well and turns into a light golden brown
The only negative of doing it this way is to serve it without a disaster, plus you only dirty a pot, so that’s up to you. You can use the lid of the Instant Pot air fryer to do the same at the end.
Here’s the base of our pressure cooker French onion soup, but if you’ve eaten this soup before you know it, it’s all about the ingredients.
- The one-day French bread (better) and lots of cheese are key to the delicious, and I decided to cut some green onions too.
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decided to also add some Parmesan to my grated cheese mix for some added flavor and I was glad I did… it turned out amazing! Simply divide it into oven-safe bowls when ready, place a piece on top and sprinkle. Place on a baking sheet and roast for a few minutes until golden brown and bubbly.
Check out this cheap Instant Pot recipe for you! My kids had never had this before I did it myself at home one night.
Another option in the end is to use a mini countertop toaster oven/air fryer/convection oven with your soup in an oven-safe dish. That can also melt the cheese on top. When that was all I had at the time, it took about 4 minutes before the cheese melted to perfection.
Then I ate it for lunch immediately!
- Even my 10-year-old son who had never tried this type of soup loved it… Now that’s a victory!
Pressure cooking a vegetarian French onion soup is also possible if you use vegetable broth.
Pressure cooker
French onion
- soup Meat broth
- Yellow onions
- Butter
- Worcestershire sauce
- Thyme, salt and pepper Daily
- French bread or baguette slices, 1 per bowl
- Cheese on top – Gruyere is traditionally used
- baking bowls
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In this post I have included a video that shows you how we make Instant Pot French onion soup At home. This one doesn’t show sautéing onions first, but you can do it with a little butter to deepen the flavors.
- I would do this extra step if you have a little more time, simply;
- Place in low stir-fry at first
- any spices with your sliced onions you want
- let them cook and caramelize a little
and
- Then turn off the pot and go to step 2 below, both ways are great.
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How do you make French onion soup in a pressure cooker
? I have a printable prescription card at the bottom of this post with our video embedded in it. However, here’s a quick rundown of how it’s done here;
- Put your Instant Pot to sauté and melt the butter (or some red wine). Then add the onions at this time and caramelize a little until they soften and turn into a dark brown color that has an amazing smell.
- Then turn off your pot.
- Add salt, Worcestershire sauce, thyme and beef broth. If you add a bay leaf, remember to remove at the end.
- Close the lid and steam valve and adjust them to high pressure for 3 minutes.
- Make a quick release.
- melt cheese into slices of French bread and serve aside or put 1-2 pieces of French bread on top of the cheese soup on top, then put inside a safe baking bowl and put under the grill for 3-5 minutes or until the cheese melts and serves.
You can serve immediately with bread on the side, or
Which onions are best for French onion soup?
You may get different answers depending on who you ask, but usually the classic method will require yellow. However, some like a mixture of white, yellow and red onions to give it a different flavor. Remember that the thinner your slices, the softer they will become, that’s a personal preference really. You can cut or make thick pieces.
Remember that you want them to have a size that can be picked well with a spoon. There’s nothing worse than slurping or slipping off your utensil when you’re trying to eat. Especially if you have younger children it’s a little better, so clutter is minimized and you don’t have splashes all over your table and face when eating.
