Benihana Onion Soup Recipe Easy

Benihana Onion Soup is the most nourishing and healthy soup to ever exist. This soup contains all the essential nutrients for our body and also has a lot of minerals. All sorts of vitamins, calcium, and iron can be obtained from this soup as a lot of vegetables are added to it to make it more nourishing.

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This soup is also served for refreshing their and body on tiring and hectic days. If you are feeling low at any point of the day, you can just make this soup pr reheat it if already refrigerated, and indulge in it to get a booster of energy.

Adding the Vgetebales into the soup

A number of vegetables are added to the Benihana Onions soup to add all the nourishment to the soup. These vegetables include:

Carrots

Just a single large-sized carrot added to the soup really goes a long way in adding an outclass flavor to the soup. The carrot gets softened while simmering in the soup and therefore also gives a little color to the soup.

Onions and Green Onions

As we are making the onion soup, you can add more and more onions but do not exceed the limit as the flavor of the soup will be destroyed by adding too many flavors in it.

Celery

The stalks of celery are finally diced to be added to the soup. It has a separate charm which compels me to add this celery to all the dishes I make as I am so in love with it.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms are added to the Benihana Onions soup to give the final flavor to the soup and then it is simmered for some time.

Thickening of the soup

The soup sometimes gets too thin if we add too much broth or water to it. If so, then you have to add some thickening agent to the soup.

For this purpose usually, cornstarch is used and added to the dishes after making a paste of it with water. Some people also use flour or you can even increase the number of veggies to thicken the soup.

Seasonings added to the soup

To give a yummy touch to the soup, soy sauce is poured into the soup. This sauce adds a good Chinese flavor to any of your recipes. Essential seasonings like salt and pepper are also sprinkled on the soup.

Benefits of Onion Soup

Onion Soup is a kind of soup out of all. In terms of health and nutrition, non-other chicken soups can beat this veggie soup mainly known as onion soup.

These veggies are the major source of calcium and vitamins and when simmered for a longer period in the boot, transfer all of the healthy nutrients to the soup.

Onion soup helps strengthen your joints and muscles and therefore strengthens your bones.
Onions soup helps treat the flu and fever.
Onions soup is usually served in winter to make yourself comfortable on cold nights.
You get fiber from the onion soup and it also helps to maintain body weight.

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup fried onions
4 cups chicken broth
6 thinly sliced mushrooms
1-2 ribs of chopped celery
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 white onion roughly chopped
1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
1 large-sized carrot roughly chopped
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
4 green roughly diced onions
2 cups of water

Method to Make the Benihana Onion Soup Reddit

In a non-stick saucepan, which is of medium size, you must pour the chicken broth and boil it. After boiling the broth, you must add the vegetables to it.
The vegetables are added one by one in it. Bring the diced carrots and add throw these diced carrots into the simmering broth. Add mushrooms a the same time.
In the next step, roughly dice the celery and add it to the broth and carrot mixture.
After the addition of celery, you must add the diced onions, and the minced garlic is also added at the same.
Pour the water into the mixture and simmer at lowered heat for a longer period.
The vegetables will be cooked and softened in the simmering broth. You have to cook the whole soup mixture until it gets fragrant.
Pour the soy sauce in between the simmering. Also, add the leftover water. Boil again and continue to simmer for half an hour.
Turn off the heat and then strain the mixture. Keep the soup in a bowl and discard the vegetables in it.
Pour the soup back into the non-stick cooking pan.
You must heat it before serving and serve after garnishing the chopped green onions at the top of the Soup.

Conclusion

Being an extremely healthy soup, onion soup should be made more often at your place, especially in winter. Every person has his own choice and if you once start loving this soup, there is no going back as you get so much satisfaction after having a good bowl of this onion soup.

Making this onion soup every weekend is my habit for years now and as everyone in the family gives crazy love to this soup, I just can’t resist whenever they demand this soup from me and now it’s a trend to make this soup.

FAQs?

Do we add cream to the soup?

You can add the cream of mushroom soup to this onion soup but in this recipe, not any mind of cream is added to this soup and is cooked in the broth only.

How to thicken the onion soup?

You can thicken the onion soup by adding a slurry of cornstarch and water into the soup. Stirring the slurry well in the soup will make it thick. Moreover, you can add a little flour to it for thickening.

How to top the onion soup?

Garnishing diced green onion or coriander at the top of the soup bowl before serving makes your serving more attractive and fragrant and the platter looks more elegant.

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