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Cafe Terra Cotta Creamy Oaxacan Sweet Onion Soup – if you like French Onion soup, give this southwestern flavored dish a try.

This is a spicy and unique onion soup recipe with southwest flavor.  This soup is loaded with flavors; sherry, cheese, peppers, chilies, and so much more. 

Cafe Terra Cotta Cram Oaxacan Sweet Onion Soup

 

Cafe Terra Cotta Creamy Oaxacan Sweet Onion Soup

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  • Recipe Type: Copycat Restaurant Recipes, CopyKat Recipes,Soup Recipes
  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 45 minutes
  • Serves: 8

Like french onion soup? You will love this one.

Ingredients

  • 2 large Yellow onions halved, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup Butter -- melted
  • 1/16 cup Garlic -- chopped
  • 1/8 cup Sherry
  • 1/4 cup Flour
  • 1 quart Chicken stock
  • 3 Oaxaca chilies* --- Chile pasilla (Or substitute drained canned chipotle chilies in adobo sauce or dried chipotle chilies.)
  • 1/4 quart Heavy cream
  • 1/4 pound cheddar cheese -- White, shredded
  • 1 poblano pepper -- diced
  • Salt to taste
  • Garnish: Blue Cheese Croutons
  • 6 Baguette slices -- toasted
  • 1 ounce Blue cheese
  • 1/8 cup onion -- Sautéed sliced

Instructions

Sauté onions in butter until tender. Add garlic and sherry. Stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add chicken stock and Oaxaca chilies; bring to boil.

Simmer 30 minutes. Discard chilies. Add cream, cheese and diced poblano chilies. Simmer 5 minutes. Adjust salt if necessary.

For Garnish: Spread baguette slices with blue cheese and warm.

For Each Serving: Float a baguette slice in center of each soup bowl. Heap a couple of sautéed onion slices on baguette.

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  • http://40somethingmommy.com Liz Nelson

    This was a great hit at my house my husband, nephew and father-in-law loved it. I used chipotle peppers in it though. I will be making this again. I had to make a pot of milder soup for myself. I am can’t handle the spice but the guys sure like it.