French onion pasta is all over TikTok right now and if you are wanting to try the fusion dish, thankfully it is easy to make!
The recipe is inspired by a traditional French onion soup, which usually has a meat stock base packed with caramelized onions and a signature crust of gruyère cheese and bread on top.
The TikTok-viral one-pot dish transforms the traditional French soup recipe into a relatively easy-to-make, and delicious pasta.
It appears that the recipe was initially posted by food TikTokker Carolbeecooks. She posted the recipe for her one-pot French onion pasta back in January 2022, with the caption: “This is such a good one if you love french onion soup.”
How to make TikTok viral French onion pasta
To make French onion pasta you will need the following ingredients: onions, butter, parmesan cheese, milk, rigatoni (or any pasta you like), sherry, white wine, Worcester sauce, fresh thyme, and salt and pepper.
On her website, Carolbeecooks provides thorough instructions on how to make the pasta:
- Melt butter in a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Thinly slice the onion and add to the dutch oven. Season with a generous pinch of salt. Stir then cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove lid, turn heat to medium-low, and cook for about 20 minutes until onions are very caramelized. Stir occasionally.
- Pour in sherry and wine. Deglaze by scraping up the brown bits at the bottom of the pan. Add sprigs of fresh thyme and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add uncooked rigatoni then pour in beef broth and Worcestershire Sauce. Bring to a boil and cook for about 15 minutes or until pasta is al dente.
- Turn off the heat. Discard thyme sprigs. Stir in freshly grated parmesan cheese and half and half until well combined.
- Serve immediately. Serve with additional parmesan cheese.
TikTokkers are obsessed with the pasta dish
The recipe has recently gone viral again and plenty of TikTokkers are trying French onion pasta out for themselves.
One user commented on the recipe: “I made this, tweaked it slightly. But MY GOD is this absolutely amazing. Thank you for the recipe!” A second said: “So like an onion soup but pastafied? I got my dinner for tomorrow now.”
Others have shared videos of their creations:
Other French onion soup-inspired recipes
As caramelized onions are clearly having a moment, Carolbeecoks shared another video with other tasty recipes you can make using them.
She wrote: “My one pot French onion pasta is having a moment right now which makes me so happy! I love all of these caramelized onion recipes.”
As well as the recipe of the hour, French onion pasta, her TikTok features French onion soup and French onion mac and cheese. You can find the recipes for all of these on her website as well as how to make caramelized onion grilled cheese.