The Onion Mistakes Keeping You From Perfect French Onion Soup - Chowhound

You probably want the onions to be palpable within the broth; for this reason, most recipes recommend slicing them, so you get actual pieces in the soup, rather than a fine dice. If they're chopped too small, they won't have any texture. To prep those onions, you'll want to lop off the ends of them and remove the skin, as with almost any other recipe. But while it might be tempting to slice them parallel to the…