lance's french onion soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 onions, thinly sliced
• 6 cups beef broth
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 pound shredded swiss cheese
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1/2 cup white
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 (1 pound) loaf french bread, sliced

Recipe

• in a medium stock pot, heat beef broth over medium-high heat.
• in a saute pan, add butter and oil and cook over medium-high heat. once heated, add onions and stir, until onions are tender and transparent. stir in sugar.
• add onions to heated broth, stir and let simmer for 20 minutes.
• add and season with salt and pepper, simmer for 10 minutes.
• pour soup mixture into individual serving bowls and place a slice of bread on top, making sure bread gets well soaked. place shredded cheese on top of bread and broil, 3 inches below heat, until cheese .