A closeup of Julia Child in a kitchen.
How Julia Child Easily Makes French Onion Soup Taste Homemade

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By RAVEN BRUNNER
Julia Child cooking on her TV show.
In a 1963 episode of her cooking show, "The French Chef," Julia Child suggested adding a poached egg to elevate a batch of canned French onion soup.
A closeup of a bowl of French onion soup.
According to Child, this hack created a sort of French peasant-type of soup, making "it seem as though it was your very own soup that you had made from scratch."
A bowl of French onion soup on a table.
In the episode, Child added the toast to a bowl and topped it with the poached egg before pouring the soup on top. She then added the soup's signature cheese.
An egg cracked into boiling water.
The cooking method involves cracking open an egg in a pan of boiling water with vinegar and removing it once the yolk and whites are set.
Poached egg in a pot of water.
Then, the poached egg is dropped in a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process and rinse the vinegar off. It makes for a tasty and filling addition to French onion soup.