We used to make the usual French Onion Dip Recipe with onion soup mix and sour cream but a few years ago my wife and I went to a Christmas party that the neighbors were having. About ten minutes into the party, my wife comes up to me and puts a cracker in my mouth with the best onion dip I have ever tasted on it. She looks at me and says "pretty good huh!". All I could say in between chewing was "please get the recipe!"
So we asked our neighbor for the recipe and we made it the next day for one of our parties. Everyone liked it and now it is on our party menu from now on.
Making this from scratch does take more time and we still make the soup mix version for quick party food but we always like to do something extra special for the holidays. Besides, this version tastes a lot better.
French Onion Dip
Ingredients:
1 Tbls olive oil
1 Tbls butter
2 medium onions, quartered lengthwise then sliced very thinly
1 cube beef bouillon
1/2 cup water
2 cups sour cream
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Black pepper
1 tsp ground thyme
2 tsps Worcestershire sauce
8 oz. cream cheese, softened in microwave for 20 seconds on high
Couple Shakes of Salt
2 Tbls chives, chopped
Preparation:
Place a medium skillet over medium high heat and add olive oil and butter.
Add onions and garlic, cook 10 minutes.
Add beef bouillon cube to the pan with 1/2 cup water and cook until it melts and coats onions, keep stirring frequently..
Season the onions with thyme, pepper Worcestershire sauce.
Transfer to a plate to cool for a while
In a bowl, mix together softened creamed cheese and sour cream
Stir in the cooled onion mixture until completely mixed through.
Add salt to taste.
Serve at room temperature or chill. (chilling overnight give best flavor)