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French Onion Pasta

Imagine French onion soup flavors but made into pasta! Caramelized onions, steak, and cheese make up this delicious recipe which will soon be a family favorite!
Prep Time8 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Author: Alysha Yoder
Cost: $20

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 5 large sweet onions, sliced
  • 2 whole shallots, sliced
  • 3 tbsp high quality soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes (more or less to spicy taste)
  • 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 bunch fresh thyme (can substitute 1 tsp dry thyme)
  • 1 lb thinly sliced beef
  • 10 cloves fresh garlic, minced
  • 1 lb pasta (I used gemelli but bowties, rotini, fusilli all work well too!)
  • 1 12 oz can of evaporated milk
  • 1 cup grated gruyere cheese (swiss works too!)
  • 8 slices provolone cheese

Instructions

  • Slice all your onions. In a large pot, melt your butter and add onions, shallots, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and thyme. Saute on medium for about an hour, stirring occasionally or until onions are deep brown in color and caramelized. Now add your thinly sliced steak and garlic. Saute until steak is cooked. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400°. Boil water. Once boiling, add salt, and cook pasta, reducing cooking time by a third (to prevent overcooking in oven). Remove thyme bundle if in your beef onion mixture. Add cooked pasta to beef and onion mixture along with can of evaporated milk. Stir everything until well combined. Spray a 13x9 with non-stick spray and pour in pasta mixture. Top with grated gruyere and provolone. Cover with a piece of foil and bake in oven for 20-25 minutes until cheese is all melted and pasta is bubbling. Remove from oven, let set for 5 minutes and then serve immediately. Enjoy!