Instant Pot® French Onion Soup

If you love the flavor of French onion soup, but don't want to spend hours making it, this is your solution, made easy in your Instant Pot®.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 487 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup butter
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• ¼ cup sherry
• 3 pounds onions, cut into 1/8-inch slices
• 7 cups beef broth, divided
• 3 ounces all-purpose flour
• 1 loaf baguette, sliced
• ½ pound sliced Gruyere cheese, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

Step 2

Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Add onions, butter, paprika, salt, and black pepper. Cook and stir about 4 minutes. Add wine; close and lock the lid. Select manual and high pressure and set timer for 20 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

Step 3

Release pressure carefully immediately after timer goes off using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Add sherry and select saute mode. Cook for 3 minutes, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.

Step 4

Add 6 cups broth and bay leaf to the pot. Close and lock the lid; select manual and high pressure and set the timer for 6 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

Step 5

Meanwhile, mix flour and remaining 1 cup broth together in a bowl.

Step 6

Release pressure carefully immediately after timer goes off using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.

Step 7

Set pressure cooker to saute and remove and discard bay leaf. Add flour-broth mixture, and cook and stir until soup is thickened, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.

Step 8

Ladle soup into oven-safe serving bowls and top each with slices of baguette and Gruyere cheese. Broil soup bowls until bread is toasted and cheese is melted, 1 to 3 minutes.