Parmesan Garlic Spaghetti
5 ingredients. 20 minutes. With melted butter, garlic and freshly grated Parmesan. A winning combination for the ENTIRE family!
I know. It’s a brand spanking new year, and I should probably be posting some variation of a quinoa-kale-type salad.
But guys. It’s a new year.
I say, let’s eat more Parmesan, garlic and pasta. Drenched in browned butter, of course.
I mean this only has 5 ingredients. And then takes about 20 minutes to whip up.
It’s almost a crime to NOT be eating this every single day of 2016, right?
Parmesan Garlic Spaghetti
5 ingredients. 20 minutes. With melted butter, garlic and freshly grated Parmesan. A winning combination for the ENTIRE family!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces spaghetti
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
- In a medium saucepan, combine butter, garlic and red pepper flakes over medium heat until the butter has melted. Cook, whisking constantly, until the foam subsides and the butter begins to turn a golden brown, about 4-5 minutes, skimming foam as necessary.
- Remove from heat. Stir in pasta and Parmesan until well combined, about 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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Excellent recipe. The only differences I made were to add a scoop of bacon grease, a few more cloves, and dried parsley, rather than fresh. I also added some of the pasta water before adding the pasta in.
Super quick and easy with big flavor results! Thank you!
So easy to make and absolutely delicious!
Absolutely delicious
So easy and delicious!
I salted the pasta water and used it to emulsify the butter sauce instead of throwing it out and it was AWESOME. Perfectly seasoned that way. Thanks for the recipe
PREFACE! I only had cheddar in the fridge on the late night I stumbled upon this! Nevertheless I pursued, I only had a small amount of butter in the fridge too haha so I only managed to get 4 tsps in, but it was fine when it got to adding the pasta, I added a little pasta water I’d saved to help with the sliiight dryness. Something about butter and cheese is amazing.
I need to try this with parmesan!!!
This was fast and easy and infinitely better than the italian diner on the corner. Thank you for this easy recipe. My daughter loves it!!!
This is a keeper my whole family gobbled it up!!!!
Excellent! Quick, easy and delicious!
Yummy! Will definitely be making this again! Only thing I would change next time is using 3-4 tbsp less butter. Using 8 oz of pasta I ended up with a good amount of butter sitting at the bottom of the dish I put it in.
Wow this was so easy and delicious! Would be amazing with shrimp or scallops.
One of the easiest and delicious recipes ever!
Simple and delicious! My kind of cooking. Just made it and I was done within minutes. It’s so good.
This recipe is elegant and simply delicious. However, I would go easy on the butter. For 8 oz, half of sticks butter seems too much.
I love garlic spaghetti! My husband’s not a big pasta eater. Spending all this time at home, I’m EATING AND GAINING!! Ate 1/2 lb. myself last week! But used only 5 T. Butter. And loved every forkful!
Plan to treat myself just once a week!
Anyone needs to try this easy recipe!
Thanks, I am a 12 year old that likes cooking and I cooked this with my mother for our family, was great!
That’s incredible! Wish my 12 year old would cook! Good for you. Your family is lucky to have you ❤️
Jana! Pinned your recipe to my cheat day menu. Is it necessary to add freshly ground black pepper to the dish? Wouldn’t this make the SPAGHETTI taste a bit spicy?
You can omit the black pepper if you want but we love it!
It’s soooooo delicious you can’t stop
Eating this pasta dish, and is so easy to make can beat that.
Yummy
I have made this recipe now about five times. I love love love it. I use about five cloves of garlic. But that’s all I change. Delicious! Thanks for the great recipe:)
This works so well as a main, and we thank you for this recipe that is possible to easily pull together with the staples found almost always in our kitchen! Top parmesan that you grate yourself and good pasta seem to be the key to the success here. If possible have everything else ready to go so it’s simple to put this together and can be served while hot. There is no real need to create a so-called “traditional sauce” for pasta, calling for the all-too-familiar flour/cream/butter based white sauce when there is an opportunity to experience this, with fresh ingredients from the lovely pasta chosen to the fresh herbs and a veg. like mushrooms. Perhaps add on the plate an oven baked sweet potato with s & p, and butter or a favorite substitute like an organic, non-GMO butter-like substitute. The results are a simple comfort food to be loved by all.