Reuben Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 12 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 27 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 4 cups beef stock or 4 cups broth
• 1 cup sauerkraut, drained and rinsed
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• pepper
• 1/2 lb thinly sliced deli corned beef, shredded
• 10 -12 slices rye cocktail bread
• 2 cups grated swiss cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a big soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
• 2 add in the onion; stir/saute for 5 minutes or until tender.
• 3 sprinkle the flour over the onions; stir to mix.
• 4 add in the beef stock and sauerkraut; stir to combine.
• 5 add in the next 5 ingredients; simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• 6 right before you are ready to serve, place bread slices on a baking sheet; broil for 2 minutes; turn and sprinkle with swiss cheese; broil until cheese melts.
• 7 when you are ready to serve, check seasonings and adjust; remove bay leaf.
• 8 ladle soup into bowls and float 1 piece of rye toast on top of each bowl.
• 9 pass around the remaining toast to go with the soup.