You can never truly anticipate which food TikTok will latch onto next. One month it’s *cottage cheese in everything*, and the following month, it’s a *thick bean salad*.

Currently, TikTok’s newest obsession is — of all items — onions. More specifically, users are creating a dish casually referred to as an “onion boil.” It’s basically a variation of a seafood boil, encompassing the same essential components — plenty of butter and seasoning — but nestled inside an onion.

Clips of individuals preparing onion boils have attracted millions of views. The recipe is as simple as it appears: you hollow out an onion, pack it with butter, add seasoning liberally, encase it in foil, and bake. For instance, TikTok user [@stephpappas](https://www.tiktok.com/@stephpappas) posted a video that has amassed nearly 10 million views.

Another trending video from [@thishealthytable](https://www.tiktok.com/@thishealthytable) has drawn around 3 million views as well.

To be honest — and this is merely my perspective — the dish resembles a somewhat soggy gut bomb. Yet, I can envision that onion, butter, and seasoning served atop a starch, such as rice, could be quite delightful.

Numerous commenters on these viral TikToks have noted that onion boils are rather akin to a classic dish called [dolma](https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Iraqi-Stuffed-Onions/), which is actually a stuffed onion. However, the TikTok rendition is considerably simpler, depending only on butter and seasoning. Nevertheless, with onions trending due to the boil recipe, some creators are sharing more traditional [dolma recipes](https://www.tiktok.com/@itsvegansis/video/7416717732734831890?q=onion%20recipe&t=1731080050276) and going viral as well.

So, it’s not merely a single onion recipe dominating TikTok — you could say this trend has… [layers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJQmVZSAqlc).