French Onion Seafood & Steak Soup Bowl By Sy

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil or 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 6 large yellow onions, sliced about 1/8 inch thick (4 cups)
• 3 shallots, chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 6 tablespoons harvey bristol cream dry sherry
• 4 cans beef stock (8+ cups, home made beef broth is best)
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 4 -6 ounces of chinese thin egg noodles (use thin noodles and a small amount eliminate noodles if using small soup bowls)
• 12 slices french baguettes, thin (very thin slices is important and only two per bowl)
• 6 ounces swiss gruyere cheese (or substitute swiss cheese)
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil or 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 12 button mushrooms, cleaned
• 3 small plum tomatoes
• 1 -2 ounce bean sprouts or 1 -2 ounce alfalfa sprout
• 6 tablespoons peanuts
• 1/2 lb boneless sirloin steaks or 1/2 lb london broil beef, cut into small thin bit size pieces
• 12 medium shrimp, cleaned and butter-flied
• 6 large scallops, cut in half
• lobster meat (optional)
• crabmeat (optional)
• 1 teaspoon curry powder, mixed with
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 step#1 for noodles, vegetables, topping: place noodles in boiling water (&a little oil) and cook until 3/4 done, drain and set aside.
• 2 toast french baguette/bread and set aside.
• 3 cut swiss gruyere cheese into small but thick slices and slightly smaller then the toasted bread and set aside.
• 4 cut mushrooms in half and set aside.
• 5 cut tomatoes into thin pieces and set aside.
• 6 add 2 tablespoon peanut/olive oil in a wok.
• 7 add curry powder and cook for about 1-2 minutes (add a little water as needed).
• 8 add the steak and stir fry for 1 minute (until pinkness is lost).
• 9 add the scallops and stir fry 1 minute.
• 10 add the shrimps (&other seafood) and stir fry 1 minute.
• 11 add soy sauce stir fry briefly (don't over cook the meat or seafood); remove and set aside.
• 12 step#2 for soup base: in a large pot and using a medium heat add the oil and melt the butter.
• 13 then add onions and sauté.
• 14 cook the onions stirring gently until they are a light golden brown (about 12+ minutes).
• 15 put in the shallots, ginger, garlic and cook for 2+ minutes.
• 16 then add the flour and stir for 2 minute.
• 17 add 3 tablespoons of the wine and scrap off the onions from the bottom of the pot.
• 18 add the beef broth, sesame oil, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce and sugar.
• 19 simmer on medium/low heat for about 15 minutes.
• 20 add 3 tablespoons of the wine to taste.
• 21 then place pot on a very low flame/heat to keep hot.
• 22 step#3 put it all together: in 6 large microwave bowls, add a small portion of noodles (if you are using small microwave bowls, eliminate the noodles).
• 23 then add some mushrooms, tomatoes, alfalfa/bean sprouts, peanuts.
• 24 next ladle the onion soup broth into each bowl.
• 25 then add two pieces (no more) of the toasted french bread.
• 26 place two thick slices of the gruyere cheese on each piece of bread.
• 27 add the seafood and meat topping around the side of the bowl for a nice presentation.
• 28 place the bowl in a microwave oven and cook for about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, until the cheese melts.
• 29 serve using a porcelain chinese spoon& chop sticks and with a warm piece of french bread.
• 30 enjoy.
• 31 note- you can use ovenproof soup bowls instead of microwave bowls.
• 32 place bowls in an oven at 350 degrees temperature and heat for 5-7 minutes in order to melt the cheese.
• 33 or use a salamander broiler to melt the cheese and with the cheese slightly browned in spots.