Slow Cooker Onion Soup

Ingredients

• 4 cups beef stock 
• 3 tablespoons brandy 
• 0.3 cup butter melted
• 2 cups seasoned croutons italian-style
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 3 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 3 slices provolone cheese 
• 1 small onion red cut into thin slivers
• 2 teaspoons soya sauce 
• 1 large onion sweet cut into thin slivers vidalia® such as
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• ladle
• oven
• broiler
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir sweet onion and red onion in melted butter until softened, about 10 minutes. Cook and stir garlic into onion mixture until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
2. Transfer to a slow cooker.
3. Pour beef stock, brandy, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce into slow cooker. Season with salt and black pepper.
4. Cook soup on High for 4 to 5 hours.
5. Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
6. Ladle the soup into 3 oven-proof bowls; top with croutons and a slice of Provolone per bowl.
7. Broil in the preheated oven until cheese melts and begins to brown, about 3 minutes.