# French Onion Soup Noodles

These French onion soup noodles are a delicious and unconventional twist on classic French onion soup, achieving a creamy texture without cream or cream cheese.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 sliced onions (yellow or mix of yellow and red)
- 1 cup white wine
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 tsp herbes de Provence
- 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 8 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 lb spaghetti
- 2 cups hot beef broth
- 2 cups additional hot water
- 8 ounce cubed Swiss cheese or Gruyere
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 head parsley, chopped

## Instructions

1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
2. Add the sliced onions, white wine, and kosher salt to the skillet.
3. Raise the heat to high and cook until the wine evaporates.
4. Lower the heat to medium-low and add the herbes de Provence and black pepper.
5. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, then add the chopped garlic.
6. Continue cooking for an additional 30 minutes over medium-low heat until the onions are caramelized.
7. Add the spaghetti to the skillet with the caramelized onions and pour in the hot beef broth.
8. Raise the heat to medium-high and simmer; it will take about 5 minutes for the spaghetti to loosen enough to mix.
9. When the broth nearly evaporates, continue adding hot water, mixing, and simmering until the pasta is nearly cooked al dente (this method takes longer, about 12-15 minutes).
10. Add the cubed Swiss cheese or Gruyere and cook either on low heat or with the heat turned off, mixing a lot to let it melt in.
11. Add the butter and chopped parsley and mix everything together.
12. Taste for saltiness; it will likely need an additional handful.

## Equipment

- large skillet (high sides)
- tongs
- cutting board

## Tips

- Caramelizing onions is a low and slow process, with a bare minimum of an hour, but they peak around 3 hours.
- Using the risottare technique (making pasta as if it were risotto) and stirring helps the pasta release starches, which stabilizes the emulsion and keeps the sauce creamy.
- Taste for saltiness at the end; it will likely need more, and it makes all the difference.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S75Cj1/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ea84f243-e77e-45ee-850a-1f4f5cec613f
- Extracted: 2025-09-26

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