French Onion Chicken Recipe - Home Chef (2024)

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What is the etiquette for eating French onion soup? ›

I fear it's gauche to use a knife, but how am I supposed to cope with the thick layer of cheese on top? With such a soup, a knife is your friend, not your enemy. Using both the soup spoon and the knife, push the baked cheese against the rim of the cup or bowl and cut it gently with the knife.

½ meal of french onion chicken (Home Chef) contains 510 Calories. The macronutrient breakdown is 19% carbs, 45% fat, and 36% protein. This is a good source of protein (80% of your Daily Value), fiber (18% of your Daily Value), and potassium (14% of your Daily Value).

For French onion soup, it is best to slice the onions into thin, even slices. This will allow them to cook evenly and caramelize properly. You can achieve this by cutting the onion in half, placing the flat side down, and slicing it widthwise into thin slices.

In France, it is customary to eat most food using cutlery. Eating with your hands is considered impolite, so make sure to tuck into that steak frites with your knife and fork. Notable exceptions include bread and certain dishes including asparagus.

Well, you'll be pleased to know that french onion soup is, in fact, a highly nutritious choice. Onions, as part of the Allium family, contain Quercetin which is a powerful anti-inflammatory and should not be overlooked as a vegetable when considering your daily 7-a-day.

8 oz of french onion soup without cheese and croutons (You Pick Two Portion - Panera Bread) contains 80 Calories. The macronutrient breakdown is 58% carbs, 33% fat, and 10% protein. This has a relatively low calorie density, with 32 Calories per 100g.

Applebee's French Onion Soup (1 Serving) contains 26g total carbs, 24g net carbs, 22g fat, 16g protein, and 360 calories.

While drinking the soup, don't have it from the tip. Instead, keep the spoon horizontal and gently drink it from the longer side of the poon. Always use a soup spoon for the purpose, instead of a regular spoon. Also, never slurp or make noises while having soup.

You definitely need a spoon to eat french onion soup. The fork and knife are there for cutting the bread if you want. But you would still need a spoon to be able to get any broth. The bread it's to break down in bits and throw them into the soup.

But, to answer the OP, if a French person were to eat onion soup, it would be as the starter course for dinner, so somewhere around 8 or 8:30 PM in Paris, 7 PM in the rest of the northern half of the country, and around 9 PM in the south.