Garlic Butter Pasta

This Garlic Butter Pasta recipe is a classic side dish that is loaded with flavor. Made with simple ingredients like pasta, garlic, butter and parmesan cheese, these butter noodles are the perfect side dish to serve with grilled chicken or any of your favorite Italian chicken recipes.

Garlic butter noodles is an easy dish to make with most types of pasta, including rotini, fussili, cavatappi and even egg noodles. Pair these butter noodles with chicken, fish or any of your Italian favorites.

Why You’ll Love It

• Easy To Make. This recipe is made with staple ingredients and it comes together in a pinch. 
• Great For Sharing. This is a great pasta dish to make when you need to feed a crowd. 
• Flavor. If you like the taste of garlic… and butter… and parmesan cheese, you are going to love this recipe. 

Garlic Butter Pasta Recipe

• Pasta. We like using cavatappi, rotini or fussili pasta noodles, but you can use spaghetti, angel hair, macaroni, egg noodles, or whatever pasta shape you like best.
• Garlic. We use 4 large cloves garlic for this recipe.
• Olive Oil. Use a good extra-virgin olive oil.
• Parmesan Cheese. We use finely grated parmesan cheese for this pasta.
• Fresh Parsley. We garnish the pasta with fresh parsley.
• Seasoning. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Find printable recipe with the measurements below.

How To Make Butter Garlic Noodles

• Cook Pasta Noodles. Cook the pasta noodles in a pot of salted water according to the directions on the package. Drain the pasta in a fine mesh colander and transfer them to a large bowl,
• Make Garlic Butter. While the pasta cooks, melt the butter with the olive oil in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the minced garlic and swirl. Remove from heat before the garlic browns.
• Toss Pasta. Pour the melted garlic butter over the pasta and toss. Sprinkle in the parmesan cheese and chopped parsley and toss the pasta again.
• Season Pasta. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Tips For Making The Best Butter and Garlic Noodles

• Don’t overcook the pasta. Cook it until al dente – it usually takes 8-12 minutes.
• Cook the garlic in the butter only until it becomes fragrant, then remove it from the heat before the garlic browns.

What to Serve With Butter And Garlic Noodles

• Soup. Ladle our Garlic Chicken Noodle Soup into a bowl and top with these garlic butter noodles for the best chicken noodle soup recipe.
• Chicken. Serve it as a side with our Bruschetta Chicken, Pizza Chicken Bake, Boursin Chicken, Italian Dressing Chicken, and One Pan Italian Chicken,

How To Reheat Leftovers

Heat the pasta in a skillet over low heat and add a splash of the pasta cooking water (if you saved any) or plain water and a tablespoon or two of butter. Cook over low heat until the noodles are warmed through. Add more finely grated parmesan cheese if needed.

More Side Dish Recipes

• Creamy Pesto Pasta
• Boursin Cheese Pasta 
• Easy Rice Pilaf
• Italian Rice
• Roasted Red Potatoes

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Yield: 4 Servings

Garlic Butter Pasta

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

This Garlic Butter Pasta recipe is a classic side dish that is loaded with flavor. Made with simple ingredients like pasta, garlic, butter and parmesan cheese, these butter noodles are the perfect side dish to serve with grilled chicken or any of your favorite Italian chicken recipes.

Ingredients

• 2 cups dry pasta noodles
• 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Cook the pasta noodles in a pot of salted water according to the directions on the package.
2. Drain the pasta in a fine mesh colander and transfer them to a large bowl,
3. While the pasta cooks, melt the butter with the olive oil in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the minced garlic and swirl. Remove from heat before the garlic browns. Pour the melted garlic butter over the pasta and toss. Sprinkle in the parmesan cheese and chopped parsley and toss the pasta again.
4. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 211Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 117mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 1gSugar: 0gProtein: 5g

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