Onion Soup Mix From Scratch
Ditch the packet and make your own homemade dry Onion Soup Mix From Scratch with just a few simple ingredients. Use it as a replacement for your favorite onion soup mix recipes, this recipe makes the equivalent to one of those pre-made packages, and it can be made in just as much time as it takes to tear open a package!
You know those onion soup mixes in a little packet? They’re so convenient, aren’t they? Yea, I know… but you know what else I’ve just discovered? Onion Soup Mix From Scratch is basically just as easy! If you dehydrate your own onions, this recipe will take a little time to dehydrate the onions, but otherwise, putting the mix together will take only seconds longer than it’ll take to open the box/bag of the store-bought stuff.
We love this recipe because it’s a great replacement for any of your favorite onion soup mix recipes. Crock Pot Roast? Great. Onion Dip? Yum. Any of your favorite soups? Perfect. The possibilities are endless!
Ingredients Needed
- Dehydrated Onions – Of course the base of this mix. You can use store bought, but also, if you have a dehydrator, making your own dried onions is so easy.
- Beef Broth Base – A powdered broth base is basically a granulated version of a boullion cube. This is our favorite to use, but to keep it vegan, this is an option as well.
- Onion Powder – This is what will provide addtional onion flavor.
- Garlic Powder – Is there anything better than onion and garlic together?
- Celery Salt – This is one of my favorite spices in our spice drawer. The touch of celery plus the added salt is perfect for soups.
- Dried Parsley – To add just a touch of herbs.
- Black Pepper – Just a pinch. Too much will be a little overpowdering.
Dehydrating Onions
If you have a food dehydrator, then you can add even more from scratch flair to this onion soup mix recipe by making your own dried onion flakes.
For this dry onion soup mix recipe, we prefer white onions because they tend to have a stronger, spicier, more pungent flavor than yellow.
We absolutely love this dehydrator which is the Cadillac of dehydrators, although this (the first one that we had), will do the trick, too!
You don’t need a dehydrator for this recipe, you could absolutely use store-bought, too.
Made in Minutes
It’s hard to get much easier than this, which means all of your favorite onion soup recipes will have some from scratch flair!
Mixed, and ready to go for your favorite onion soup mix recipes!
Store in a jar in a cool dry place and it’s good to go for up to a year!
Or put this Onion Soup Mix From Scratch to use right away by making some homemade Onion Soup!
This recipe is a substitute for 1 packet of the store-bought onion soup mix, ready for any of your favorite recipes, or can simply be added to 4 cups of boiling water to make a simple onion soup.
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Onion Soup Mix from Scratch
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup dry onion flakes or your own dried onion
- 1 tablespoon beef broth base or vegan broth base
- 1.3 tablespoon onion powder 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- pinch ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, combine all ingredients and mix.
- Store in an airtight container or up to 1 year.
- Use as 1 packet of store-bought dry onion mix.
Thanks for the recipe, but you leave out very useful aspects such as it takes A LOT of onions to make a suitable amount of dried onion granules.
This is cool, Tracy! You ARE cool! In my ideal life, I want to be able to make everything from scratch, just like you! 🙂
Aww Angie, you’re makin’ me blush! You girl, are pretty darn cool yourself!
Hi… how much water would you add to make this 1packet of souo?
Hi Steve! 4 cups. Enjoy!
Amazing!! What a genius idea to make your own onion soup mix- my husband misses out on his favorite onion dip from back in the day because I won’t buy the packet 🙂
Thanks so much!! Oooh I think you may have to convert him to a new onion dip with your own ‘packet’ 😀
I have never been so sad to not own a dehydrator! Onion soup is one of my absolute favourites as I use it for SO MANY things and I WANT to make this! Do you think I can dehydrate onions in the oven on the lowest setting? (like for fruit roll ups?)
This is one brilliant recipe Tracy! Thank you!
Oooh you should totally treat yourself with one! 😀 But you can totally dehydrate them in the oven, too. Super low, like 140 degrees single layered for about 6-8 hours I’m sure would do the trick! 😉
Seriously?! Fantastic idea. Just think, you can switch up the spices and take this recipe anywhere. Thanks.
Gina
Thank you, Gina!
Hello Tracy,
I love this idea. Thank you for dharing. May i ask what brand dehydrator ate you using as i am contemplating buying one.
Thanks,
Lina
Hi Lina! For this recipe I used this dehydrator: NESCO FD-75A, Snackmaster Pro Food Dehydrator, you can find it on Amazon here! https://amzn.to/366Q005
I love the idea of this because I’m a huge onion soup mix fan, but feel bad about using a packet of who knows what’s in there! Totally jealous of your food dehydrator 🙂 Enjoy your weekend and happy Fiesta Friday!!
Thanks, Amanda!! I love those mixes as well but totally love controlling what’s exactly in them more. Girl, you should totally invest in one or hint to a family member for a birthday or holiday ’cause they are amazing!! Happy FF! xo