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Homemade Onion Soup Mix

February 27, 2015 by Debi 35 Comments

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Homemade Onion Soup Mix can be used anywhere you might use one of those packets: in a crock-pot, a stew, a dip (just stir the soup mix into some sour cream), or even soup. It’s easy to mix together, it’s vegetarian, and it’s delicious!

There’s also no weird ingredients that you can’t pronounce or don’t have any clue what they are!

Homemade Onion Soup Mix by Life Currents

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Please let me know if you have any questions about this recipe. I read all the comments myself and I try to help as soon as I can. I have readers from all levels of comfort and experience in the kitchen on my site, and I’ve tried to answer some of your questions already in the post. But if I’ve missed anything, please feel free to leave a comment and ask.

Onion Soup Mix packets!

When I was a kid, I used to come home from school and make those onion soup packets into soup and eat that as my after-school snack.

Of course, I can’t eat those packets anymore because they have beef (plus lots of weird ingredients) in them.

I love that this version is vegetarian and gluten-free.


How much in one packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix?


There are about 3 tablespoons of soup mix in a Lipton onion soup packet.

If you’re following a recipe, you may want to use that amount of this soup mix as well.

Of course, a little more or a little less soup mix won’t ruin your recipe.

One word of caution. The amount of salt in the store-bought soup mix may be different than the homemade. Always taste your recipe after adding this mix and before adding any additional salt. You can always add salt, but it’s really hard to take out.

Freaky Friday Blog Hop

I’m very excited to be participating in this first edition of Freaky Friday with a wonderful recipe for Homemade Onion Soup Mix from Honey & Birch!

What’s Freaky Friday, you ask?

Michaela at An Affair from the Heart came up with the idea for this old-fashioned blog hop.

freaky Friday banner for blog hop

In a nutshell Freaky Friday is … I’ve made and shared a recipe from Jenny at Honey & Birch, and she’s made a recipe from someone (a secret that I don’t know who it is yet), and she’s made a recipe from someone, and if you clicked through all the way around all 14 bloggers, you would get back to my blog.

Thus, a blog hop!

So, if you would be so kind as to hop around and take a look at everyone participating, I promise it’ll be fun, and you’ll get lots of new recipe ideas!

Jenny at Honey & Birch

I recently met Jenny through Facebook, and have been very impressed with her recipes and yummy photos.

She shares many of the same ideas about food as I do. Though she isn’t vegetarian, her recipes feature lots of whole foods, and very few processed foods or junk foods.

She says in her About Section, “While we aren’t health nuts, I realized we were heading down the wrong path and I decided that I need to make a change.”

Yep, I was there at one time too, eating out too often and wanting to eat better.

I looked through her fabulous collection of recipes and was really excited about her Homemade Onion Soup Mix.

See, I’ve been thinking about one of my Childhood Favorites Remade for a while now, and Lipton Onion Soup Packets were one of the ingredients in the original main dish recipe.

Well, now if Jenny has a homemade version of Onion Soup Mix, that fit perfectly into my plans!

Childhood Favorites Remade!

The last recipe I posted was for Dried Apricot Jam, which is a homemade version of one of the ingredients in the final Childhood Favorites Remade main dish.

Now, this Onion Soup Mix is the next ingredient in the final main dish.

I have one more ingredient recipe to share, and then the main dish! That ingredient is Italian dressing.

I’m very excited about this one! And, if you want to jump ahead to the end, here’s the final dish: Italian Apricot Stew or Italian Apricot Chicken.

So, with that, here’s some Homemade Onion Soup Mix, and please be sure to click through to visit Honey & Birch.

Oh, and keep an eye out for my next two recipes (so you can get the Childhood Favorites Remade main dish!)

Dried onion soup mix in a glass jar that has been spilled out so you can see the herbs and spices.

Here are all of the recipes in the Freaky Friday Blog Hop

Oatmeal Fudge Bars from PicNic
Cheddar Jalapeno Beer Bread from Aunt Bee’s Recipes
Bacon & Egg Fried Rice from Big Rigs ‘n Lil’ Cookies
General Tso’s Slow Cooker Chicken from The Foodie Affair
Roasted Cauliflower Popcorn from A Dish of Daily Life
Homemade Drumsticks from Simply Sated
Grilled Chicken Fajitas from Honey & Birch
Cranberry Ginger Cream Scones from Stephanie Cooks
Chocolate Waffle Cookie Dessert from An Affair from the Heart
Spicy Meatball Orzo Soup from Full Belly Sisters

Homemade Onion Soup Mix by Life Currents

Recipes I’ve used this mix in

This mix makes a fantastic dip as well. Check out the details in my Onion Soup Mix Dip recipe.

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Make your own Onion Soup Mix and leave all the weird stuff in those packets behind

Recipe

Homemade Onion Soup Mix in a glass jar with green leaves next to it.

Homemade Onion Soup Mix

Debi
dry onion soup mix with no weird ingredients
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Total Time 2 minutes mins
Course Sauce, Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 32 teaspoons
Calories 4 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup dry onion flakes
  • 3 teaspoons parsley flakes
  • 2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients in a small bowl or jar with a tight fitting lid, and mix well. Store in an airtight container up to 2 months.

Notes

Give it a good shake or stir before you measure, because the smaller spices will sink to the bottom. You’ll need 5 tablespoons of Homemade Onion Soup Mix to replace the store-bought stuff.
This mix makes about 32 teaspoons or 11 tablespoons worth.
To make soup, use 5 tablespoons homemade mix to 4 cups water, or more or less to your liking.
Adapted from Honey and Birch

Nutrition

Calories: 4kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 73mgPotassium: 18mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 31IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

Keyword onion, seasonings, soup mix
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  1. Sophia

    February 27, 2015 at 7:49 am

    OMG this is such a FAB idea!! LOVE it! Pinning and visiting her site!

  2. michaela403

    February 27, 2015 at 8:13 am

    Debi, this is BRILLIANT! I am making some this weekend. My kids love to stir it into sour cream after school and eat with chips. In fact, they had it yesterday! Happy you had fun on FreakyFriday, and that you were a part of it! <3

  3. auntbeesrecipes

    February 27, 2015 at 8:29 am

    We adore the onion soup mix so I will have to try this homemade version! What a wonderful idea!

  4. Terra Baltosiewich

    February 27, 2015 at 8:51 am

    What a great idea to make homemade onion soup mix. Hubby and I love making homemade mixes, instead of spending tons on store bought. Love this recipe, and now want to add some to Greek yogurt for a fun dip! Yum, Hugs, Terra

  5. Janette

    February 27, 2015 at 9:12 am

    I don’t buy the onion mix because I’m not a fan, but I will definitely make this. I love this idea.

  6. justine fontinell

    February 27, 2015 at 9:47 am

    It’s so genius to have a real-food version of the stuff in the packet! And, as always, my dear: your pix are gorgeous. Can I be you? 😉

  7. KC the Kitchen Chopper

    February 27, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Love this way to “Step away from the package” Thanks Debi!

  8. Patricia

    February 27, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    Awesome, awesome, awesome! So simple and straightforward. Who woulda thought 😉

  9. Nicole Neverman

    February 27, 2015 at 3:19 pm

    This soup mix is a fantastic idea! I bet it makes such a delicious soup 🙂

  10. Lori Vachon

    February 27, 2015 at 6:18 pm

    Adding this to my list of things to make ASAP, great pics Debi!

  11. Linda

    February 27, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    OMG Debi… I so have to make this! Onion soup mix is so versatlie but the ingredients in every commercial brand I have seen are just horrid! I am already thinking about lots of yummy ways to use your mix…thank you so much!! PS…your photos are amazing!

  12. Dan

    February 27, 2015 at 8:09 pm

    I knew I had to read this post and recipe the minute I saw it on the EYR thread; I love it! And how fun it must be to do the whole Freaky Friday thing! Great job with this one!

  13. Nisa Homey

    February 27, 2015 at 8:56 pm

    Deb, this is brilliant!

  14. Patty Haxton Anderson

    February 28, 2015 at 5:57 am

    This is genius Debi. All the goodness of an onion dip mix and none of the bad stuff! LOVE this.

  15. Kris

    February 28, 2015 at 7:42 am

    I love this! We cleaned the soup packets out of our kitchen some time ago. There are times I do miss their convenience, so I need to have this on hand! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!

  16. Sandra

    February 28, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    Awesome! The more options from pre-packaged ingredients, the better! Love to have this one on hand!

  17. JayanthiSindhiya

    February 28, 2015 at 5:37 pm

    I never knew this soup mix can be made that damn easy at home,sure going to try ,lovely clicks

  18. Two Healthy Kitchens

    March 1, 2015 at 8:53 am

    I just love the idea of making this at home … with no “questionable” ingredients! 😀 ~Shelley

  19. April J Harris

    March 2, 2015 at 12:24 am

    Love this, Debi! For some reason Onion Soup Mix is one of those things that is incredibly hard to find in the UK. So glad I can now make my own thanks to you 🙂

  20. Stephie

    March 2, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    You know that I’m all over this recipe! It’s exactly what I love…no preservatives! Great choice of a recipe. Thanks for finding it!

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