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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For many years, I was perplexed as to why restaurants’ “clam spaghetti” seemed different and worse than the recipe my mom passed down to me. Turns out what I’ve been making isn’t “clam spaghetti” so much as this, but with some minced clams added in! I think the clams fit very well into the recipe, by the way, but are indeed optional.
I may try with small shrimp next time. So delicious!
I just made this and it was OMG good!! Learning how to cook and this was the best idea to start with. Thanks so much.
Can’t wait to try this..sounds like what we eat at our fav Italian rest but I think I’m gonna throw some baby salad shrimp in there too..yummy!!
This recipe is do simple yet so flavorful. My family truly enjoyed it. Will make again and again.
Very good recipe. Just made this recipe for the first time and it’s an absolute hit with my husband and I. Much better than the previous alternatives that I’ve tried.
I don’t know how I found this recipe but I think it may have been a blessing from God that I did. It is so wonderfully delicious and we absolutely love it. I’ve made it twice already and I intend to make it often from now on. Cannot thank you enough (I cut down on the butter – 8 T instead of 10 T). – Blessings to you and your doggies, gail
This looks amazing, but is that really spaghetti? It looks more like linguine in the picture.
Martha, you can use spaghetti, linguine or fettuccine – whatever you have on hand! Isn’t that the beauty of home cooking? 🙂
I want to make this tomorrow night! I was wondering if it would be good with chicken? And how you would go about seasoning the chicken? Also I would be using a whole box of pasta so would I double this recipe? Hope to get a response before I make it!
Yes, chicken would be a great addition – you can season it however you’d like, to taste. It’s up to you! And yes, the recipe calls for 8 ounces spaghetti so if one pound is used, it would be best to double.
Probably will use way less butter next time. Made it with some lemon shrimp and homemade pasta. So good!
Hi! I came across your site about 4 months ago, when I was searching for a quick pasta dish using spaghetti noodles. I had no crushed tomatoes to make a basil marinara sauce. I only had the noodles. I looked up a simple pasta recipe and soo lucky I came across Parmesan Garlic Spaghetti! I whipped this up in minutes. The other 4 ingredients, thankfully, I had on hand. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this easy, delicious dish, my family and I love!
I made this tonight with spiral sliced zucchini…. AMAZING!!! They didn’t absorb the butter well so I will make more zucchini next time. My kids (9, 9, 4, and extremely picky) gobbled it down!! Thanks! Your recipes are the best!
I’m loving the simplicity of this dish, that I know is absolutely bursting with flavour. Yummy recipe thanks for sharing. Sammie x
Oh my gosh, this looks amazing! Parmesan, pasta and garlic- how could it possibly get any better?
Add chicken!
This cannot be anything than utterly delicious. 2 things though. First, half (8oz or 1/2 lb) a box (16oz or 1lb) of pasta only feed 2 people in my house. Second, 10 tbsp of butter for half a box of pasta is a lot but must be so delicious. This is not for the diet conscious. However, I can’t wait to try it out. Thanks!
i have some picky eaters, but they LOVED this! made it new year’s night and it was delicious!
Know what I generally do with recipes? Think “ooh that looks good,” bookmark them, and never ever make them.
This one I found about two hours ago and have already made. SO EASY. SO TASTY! SO THANK YOU! 🙂
PERFECTION
That looks wonderful. I have never made this recipe with chili flakes. My family and I are going to have to give it a shot. awesome idea.
That does it!!!! Just spent an hour looking at various items to make for tonight’s dinner – then here it is . . . . and it came to me! Thank you and HAPPY NEW YEAR ! Gonna be a good one too!