One Pot Garlic Parmesan Pasta
The easiest and creamiest pasta made in a single pot – even the pasta gets cooked right in the pan! How easy is that?
Garlic and parmesan. A match made in heaven. And with the help of a single pan, you can make the easiest, most epic pasta ever.
Just think of this as a creamy alfredo, except without the heavy cream and the cream cheese. And no, taste is not compromised in this super easy one pot meal.
The one pan aspect actually helps the noodles soak up all that amazing flavor, giving you that light cream sauce coating the noodles in all its garlic-Parmesan glory.
And if you really want to save on dishes, you know my rule – this should get eaten straight out of the pot. The dishes, the plating, the garnishes – it’ll just slow you down anyway!
One Pot Garlic Parmesan Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup milk, or more, as needed
- 8 ounces uncooked fettuccine
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in chicken broth, milk and fettuccine; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until pasta is cooked through, about 18-20 minutes. Stir in Parmesan. If the mixture is too thick, add more milk as needed until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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This was amazingly delicious! Chefs Note: I used elbow macaroni pasta since it was all I had on hand, and I only had to simmer and stir for 12 minutes until it was deliciously creamy and ready to eat!
As a single parent, I have to say THANK YOU for these amazing dishes! My 6-yr old hasn’t complained at dinner time since I discovered your site. THANK YOU!
High Altitude advice– I was apprehensive about trying a one pot pasta dish living in Denver at one mile high. But it turned out delicious with a couple of modifications. I used spaghetti, added 1 extra cup of chicken broth and cooked it for about an extra 15 minutes. Even my picky husband had seconds. We had a kale ceaser salad on the side. Thank you for a delicious and easy meal!
This has become my favorite quick meal lately! During the last few minutes of cooking I throw in four cups of broccoli, cauliflower and carrot mix so my veggies get cooked right along with my pasta. SO good! Thanks for another amazing recipe.
Hi Chungah,
love your recipes! I have a few questions. In your opinion, can this meal be paired with chicken parmesean and tomato sauce? And also, if I doubled the recipe in one batch, do I also double the cooking time or cook at the same time of 15-20 minutes?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
I made this tonight. After slurping up the leftover sauce, my child said it is a great soup. Sooooo I will make it without pasta next time, and I will just add broccoli to it. The sauce is perfectly delicious. Thanks,
Looks delicious!
This was delicious and I didn’t mess it up! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
This sounds & looks so amazing! Can’t wait to try it out – I LOVE pasta dishes, especially once the weather starts to cool off 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Tried this today. Changed two things. Turned out a bit runny in the end so I added two egg yolks and next time I would deglaze the pan with some white wine before adding the other liquid ingredients so you get some acidity that I was missing. Nonetheless a fantasticly simple recipe.
This looks so delicous! I can’t wait to try!
This one dish pasta looks delicious. I love these types of emails, makes cleaning up dinner easy!
I have a teenaged son on the autism spectrum. The list of foods he’ll eat is pretty narrow, but one of them is the boxed angel hair pasta with parmesan sauce. We have a lunch meal rotation over the summer school break so we’re not always resorting to cereal or ramen (his two standbys). Disaster struck when my local grocery was out of the boxed pasta mix. I went searching for a recipe, but so many start with “Prepare pasta according to package directions,” and, seriously, who wants to deal with a pot of boiling water and draining and all that work for two people? Thank goodness for your recipe, which my noncommittal son rated “okay” (This is high praise). I used angel hair pasta, so had to cook for only 5 minutes.
Thanks for this recipe!
I make this all the time with spinach, mushroom and asparagus. One of my favorite meal option.
I made this but included pancetta, spinach and some chopped chorizo. One of the most delicious and decadent meals ive ever had
Hi, this looks absolutely delicious! Just one question: is chicken broth and chicken stock the same thing? I’m from South Africa, so possibly chicken broth is called something else here. Tx!
Lauren, here is a great resource discussing their differences. Hope that helps!
Wonderful one pot recipe. Made for dinner last night, used dried oregano as not fans of parsley, spaghetti for the pasta, used up some roast chicken added towards the end and stock made from the roast chicken. Will definitely make again, simple yet delicious, so creamy without a hint of cream in sight – even using semi-skimmed milk. Thank you for sharing.
Made this tonite and all I can say it was DAMN DELICIOUS! Thank you for the great recipe! It’s a keeper!
Great one pot dish, I made it a meal by adding chicken in the first step with olive oil/garlic and added green beans the last 5 minutes.
Also works great with gluten free noodles. Love it.