If you have never tried the Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup, you’ve been missing out on one of the most creamy, satisfying bowls of soup ever created. This is a luxuriously creamy onion soup that’s both hearty and incredibly filling, making it the perfect comfort food for cold winter days when you want something substantial and warming.
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Making the Famous Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup at Home
Unfortunately, the beloved Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup has been removed from the Outback Steakhouse menu, much to the disappointment of countless fans. If you’ve been missing this incredible soup since it was removed from their offerings, you can now recreate this restaurant favorite while staying comfortably at home.
Why This Easy Copycat Recipe Works So Well
This was genuinely one of the most beloved soups from Outback Steakhouse during its tenure. The Walkabout Soup is not only surprisingly easy to make but also requires just a few simple, accessible ingredients. You won’t need to make special trips to specialty stores to recreate this restaurant favorite.
This recipe yields four perfect starter portions that serve as ideal appetizers to a meal, though many people find it satisfying enough to enjoy as a light lunch with some crusty bread.
Ingredients
For the Onion Foundation:
- Sweet Yellow Onions – Form the essential flavor base; Walla Walla onions are ideal, but 1015 onions or any sweet variety work beautifully
- Butter – Creates the rich foundation for sautéing onions and building the roux
For the Flavorful Broth Base:
- Chicken Broth – Provides the savory liquid foundation that supports all other flavors
- Chicken Bouillon Cubes – Intensify the chicken flavor and add depth to the soup base
- Salt and Pepper – Essential seasonings that enhance and balance all flavors
For the Creamy White Sauce:
- All-purpose Flour – Creates the roux that thickens the soup to a perfect consistency
- Milk – Forms the creamy base that makes this soup so luxurious and satisfying
- Velveeta Cheese – Melts smoothly and creates the signature creamy, cheesy flavor
I like to use Walla onions, but if you can’t find them, you could use 1015 onions or any other kind of sweet onion. I find that white onions also work well for this recipe.
How to Make Outback Walkabout Soup
- In a medium-sized saucepan, place the butter and sliced onions. Cook at a low to medium heat, stirring frequently, until the onions are soft and clear, but not brown.
- Add chicken broth, chicken bouillon cubes, salt, and pepper. Stir until thoroughly heated through.
- In a small saucepan, melt butter and add flour. Cook over medium heat until the flour thickens and pulls away from the sides of the saucepan.
- Pour milk into the flour mixture a little at a time and stir constantly. Add salt.
- Continue stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and resembles thick pudding.
- Remove from the heat and set aside until ready to use for the soup.
- Add thickened flour mixture (white sauce) and Velveeta cheese to the onion-broth mixture.
- Simmer on medium-low heat until the cheese is melted and all ingredients are blended, stirring constantly.
- Turn the temperature to warm and let cook for an additional 30 to 45 minutes.
No Longer on the Menu – But this Soup Remains Tasty
This was one of my favorite soups from Outback Steakhouse. The Walkabout Soup is not only easy to make but has just a few simple ingredients. So, you won’t be running out to the store to make this soup.
This recipe makes four small portions, which are the perfect starters to a meal. It may become your “go-to” soup, and every last drop will get enjoyed.
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- Easy Tomato Soup
- Cheeseburger Soup
- Acorn Squash Soup
- Cream of Leek Soup
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Outback Walkabout Soup Easy Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoon butter divided use
- 2 cups thinly sliced sweet yellow onions
- 14.5 ounces chicken broth
- 2 cubes chicken bouillon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt divided use
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup Velveeta cheese
- Shredded cheddar cheese to garnish
- Dark Russian bread to serve
Instructions
- Place 3 tablespoons of butter and the onions in a 2-quart saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until the onions are soft and translucent but have not browned. Add the chicken broth, bouillon cubes, pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt and stir until heated through.
- Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and cook until it thickens and comes away from the sides of the saucepan. Add the milk a little at a time, stirring constantly. Then add 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Keep stirring to prevent any lumps from forming as the mixture thickens to the consistency of thick pudding. Remove from the heat and set aside until ready to use.
- Transfer the contents of the smaller saucepan to the larger saucepan along with the Velveeta cheese. Simmer on medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the cheese melts and all the ingredients are blended. Turn the temperature to warm and cook for an additional 30 to 45 minutes.
- Serve with a garnish of shredded cheddar cheese and a few slices of warm, dark Russian bread.
It has been a long time but i believe this is even better than the original
i didn’t have Velvetta, so I used grated sharp as someone else had mentioned. I used about 1/2 cup because I love cheese. Didn’t have bouillon cubes so I used Wylers Chicken Powder 2 teaspoons
A new local restaurant makes this and calls it Creamy Onion Soup. I just had to find a close copy of the recipe because it was so fabulous This is it, and they apparently copied it from Outback. I made it and it’s an exact duplicate of their soup. Thank you so much for posting this, you made my day!!
I make this all the time. Can’t get enough.
I love this soup. Thank you for the recipe
kids love it so much that i can use it to make them visit me
Went to Outback Steakhouse a couple weeks ago and this soup was featured as SOUP OF THE DAY! So glad I tried it! Thank you for this recipe!
Love this recipe, needed creamy onion soup for my tuna casserole recipe, none in the cabinet. This worked out great. I just didn’t add as much liquid(chicken broth) so it would be more like condensed soup. I also minced my onions. Plan on useing the rest of this soup in my scalloped potatoes tomorrow night supper. Thanks for a great recipe.
Like another reviewer I have kidney issues and was hesitant with the velveeta. I do not add the bouillon cubes and just use salt free or low sodium chicken broth. I have a pot simmering right now and added some fresh thyme sprigs because I’m a fan of fresh thyme. I’ve recommended this soup to many and it is one of those soups that warms the soul. I’m in southeast Louisiana and today was gumbo or soup and this got me. I bought a fresh original french bread earlier to do some homemade croutons to top it! Thank you for sharing! Anyone concerned about the sodium use salt free (or low sodium) stock and omit any added salt and the bouillon cubes and add fresh herbs – basil, thyme or rosemary as it will add flavor without sodium. Kidney education teaches one how to add flavor to food without salt. It’s easier for others to add it to their serving than it is to remove it from the pot. Again, great recipe and thank you for sharing 🥣
Try it with a Bay leaf or two – add to the Bouillon broth during cooking – I remember getting one of these in the soup I ate – that makes it taste EXACTLY like the real thing – the recipe as is close, but adding the bay leaf makes the difference.
The soup seems really fine – but the term “walk about” is in Australia a colonial legacy that is totally offensive. It describes a view that Aboriginal people are nomadic and therefore do not ‘own’ land and it can therefore be taken. Having no fences or cattle did, however not mean that land was not farmed or used or had deep belonging. Land is country that nurtures and is nurtured by who belongs to it. (check out: fire farming). Walk about is also a term that hides the dispossession, dispersal and murder of Aboriginal people. ‘Where are all the Aborigines?’ Ah, not here, they must be on walk-about’. It is thirdly a derogative racist term today, insinuating unreliability: not here, not at the desk? On walk about… Wish the soup had a different name!
Thank you for bringing this up, I appreciate you sharing this, I never had any clue. I wonder if this is why they removed it from the menu.
So stupid to waste your time thinking that WE as aboriginals actually think that’s offensive; worry instead about what makes you offended and don’t try and think for us
I’m hard pressed to see how this recipe could possibly be used by the Aborigines. The cheese, the broth, the entire recipe.
I thought this was amazing soup.
Could I use cheddar cheese instead of Velveeta I have kidney disease and can’t have processed foods
It’s not going to melt quite the same, I would switch to a colby or a Monterey jack cheese instead of Cheddar.
I’ve been making this soup for years (I loved the soup at Outback SO MUCH!) and this tastes exactly like it! It’s very easy to make and is delicious.
Thank you so much for this recipe that I keep coming back to!
So glad you enjoy this creamy onion soup. It’s perfect for a cold evening.
Tasty! here one healthy recipe. The garnish with cheese looks even more mouth-watering.
OUTSTANDING!! I HAVE MISSED THIS SOUP AS GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME AT TIMES.
I hear ya! I am so glad you liked the recipe, I don’t know why they took this off their menu!
I live this soup. I also make it with potatoes sometimes instead of onions. I may add both next time. Thanks
Big Winner!!!!!!! We absolutely love this soup.I have given some to my neighbors – they always love it and ask me for the recipe. It is a grey, rainy day, so I made it for lunch. Yum Yum.
The fun thing is that I always have the ingredients on hand, so I can fix anytime.
THANKS for the best soup ever,
Aw thank you! I love recipes that you have everything on hand!
WOW!!! Thank you Stephanie. This is awesome!!! 10 star as it is, for sure. I made it yesterday for my husband and I. This was our favorite soup of all times. We were so disappointed when they removed it from their menu. The soup was our reason for our frequent visits.
This brought us back to a time and place we loved. Thank you, thank you so very much!!!
I am so glad you like the soup.
My grandson was very upset that Outback deleted the soup from the menu.
I just made the soup, recipe perfect and OMG it is soooooo good, can’t wait for my grandson to taste it tonight, I’m sure he will ask me to make this treasure quite often, and of course I will, because it is very easy to make
We’ve been making this recipe for years and it has now been requested by every person who’s tried it! This is AT LEAST our 5th year making this soup and it never gets old!
I am glad you like the recipe!
I REALLY want t o make this soup BUT the cubes have MSG in them and I am highly allergic – what can I sub for them???
Any broth will do. We use our store brand vegetable broth which is MSG free
I’m sorry – I may have misunderstood- if you mean the velveeta cubes- you can also use American cheese or just leave the velveeta out. To me it seems less creamy, but my husband hates velveeta so we just use extra cheddar
You could simply omit that ingredient.