Today’s tried and true recipe is a family favorite, sure to be a hit!
Creamy Garlic Penne Pasta
Quick, easy and so delicious, perfect for garlic and pasta lovers and kid approved! This instant family favorite is versatile too – add chicken, veggies, seafood, or serve as a side dish. Perfect for a busy day. Even the pickiest eaters love this budget friendly pasta. Simple to make, so darn good!
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I found this wonderful recipe on food.com. With over 300 reviews and a 5-star rating, this was one I had to try. I ended up tweaking the recipe a bit, doubling the sauce and adding more garlic. This is a big ol’ pot of creamy, garlicky goodness.
For this dish, I like to toss in some steamed veggies, like broccoli. Delish.
If you are looking for a quick dinner that will satisfy the whole family and those picky eaters, this recipe is for you.
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Creamy Garlic Penne Pasta
Adapted from Food.com
Ingredients
- 1 pound box of Penne Pasta (cooked according to directions on box)
- 1/4 cup salted butter
- 5–6 cloves of garlic, minced
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 4 teaspoons parsley flakes
- 2/3 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Prepare pasta according to directions on box, drain, set aside and keep warm.
In a medium size sauce pan, over medium heat, melt butter and then add garlic, cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Next, add flour and cook for 1 1/2 minutes, stirring continuously. Slowly add milk and chicken broth, stirring continuously, until the sauce begins to boil and thicken. Once the sauce thickens, add parsley and Parmesan cheese and blend until the cheese has melted.
Once sauce is ready, pour over pasta, toss and serve immediately. Serve with your favorite veggies and salad.
Tips
- Great as a main or side dish.
- Serve alongside or toss with precooked veggies (broccoli is terrific), chicken or seafood (shrimp and pan-seared scallops).
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheers!
Amie Gonzalez
Can you use gluten free flour
Amie Gonzalez
Can this be done with gluten free flour
marysweetlittlebluebird
Anonymous – The sauce will thicken if it's allowed to cool to room temp.- when ready, you should serve it and not wait too long. Have your pasta ready ahead of time and keep it warm, then mix the sauce and pasta and serve right away. If for some reason the sauce it too thick before adding the pasta, add a very small amount of chicken broth, a little at time, until you reach desired thickness.
Anonymous – As for the flour not dissolving, you can use a whisk and slowly add the flour – if you have lumpy flour, make sure you are using all purpose flour and not self-rising flour. You can also sift your flour first.
Anonymous
How do you get the flour to dissolve. Mine came out all lumpy and wouldn't dissolve
Anonymous
Always mix the flour in melted butter first,till all lumps are gone!
Anonymous
I have made this twice and followed the recipe precisely. And when its cooled down the sauce its extremely thick. Doesn't look like the pictures. Please help!
Anonymous
This is my 4th time making this dish. I either use whole milk or heavy cream, it comes out great both ways. I Also use homemade pesto instead of parsley but otherwise I follow the recipe to the T and I serve it with grilled chicken. Great recipe!
Request for Sanity
so i made this and while delish, my sauce wasn't creamy, more bechamel-like. Did I over stir it? Tips? thanks!
MikasMom
Vegan broth and non GMO Soy Milk, steamed veggies on side, definitely more garlic, and Romano cheese for more flavor using less cheese, I'm going to think on less butter too much fat maybe substitute some low fat cottage cheese in stead.
Anonymous
I have made this three times now and still love it and so does my family. I started the first and second time with just adding some chicken and this last time I've also added broccoli to make it more of a meal than a side dish. It is an amazing recipe! I highly suggest it and I suggest spinning it and making it your own!
Thank you for posting this recipe!
Kristi
Have you ever tried making extra sauce and freezing it in jars for a quicker meal when you have zero time? I do that with my tomato based sauces but have never tried it with alfredo. Maybe I'll try and let ya'll know how it turns out!
Anonymous
Did you try? Would love to know….
Anonymous
Recipe is a perfect sauce to add whatever you want. My family loved it.
plasterers bristol
Yum, really tasty. Top marks for this, and thanks for sharing.
Simon
Anonymous
This dish looks delish! Any recommendations on how to make it dairy free? My toddler is allergic to cow's milk. I know I can sub in vegan butter and goat cheese, but can I use almond milk? Thanks! 🙂
Tonya
My son is also allergic to dairy. I was thinking of replacing milk with some dairy free cream cheese. (Have you heard of Daiya? Check it out) I would make the recipe just like above but melt the cream cheese by Daiya into it.
Niomie Harris
I was just thinking the same thing as I was reading this Tonya! My son also has a dairy allergy and I use Daiya!! All the time! This might just turn out pretty good. ;).
Anonymous
Use goat milk 🐐
Shell
I made this for dinner tonight and it was fantastic! My son and husband both went back for seconds and now there's just enough left for my lunch. I added roasted shrimp to it and instead of using chicken broth I made my own shrimp stock from the shells and tails. I wanted to really be able to taste the shrimp flavor. Next time I think I will try adding some chicken to it. This recipe is so versatile and you can create tons of different flavors just by adding any protein and vegetables you want. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
To Neeasha Pancham you can use store bought or homemade vegetable broth instead of the chicken broth. Hope this helps!
Charlene Larocque
How many servings does it make?
neeasha pancham
What can be use in place of the chicken broth for vegetarians
Niomie Harris
Neeasha. You can use vegetable stock 😉
Gabriella Sparrow
What's the serving size? And how many does it serve?
Anonymous
How many serves is it
Anonymous
Delicious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Danielle Lacey
Yes you can use any milk, even evaporated if that's what you have on hand, or half & half. Same goes for the butter, olive oil or any fat will do
Anonymous
How many servings does it make ?
Dana
I made it tonight (family of 5) along with chicken breasts and we have some left over.
Anonymous
I made this tonight, it was great! I used non fat milk instead and used better than bullion chicken base because that's all I had. Threw some chicken beast on the panini grill and steamed some broccoli, wow it was yummy!
Unknown
How much water and bullion did you use ? I.have the bullion cubes
Erin Marrano
Can you use 2% milk?
Anonymous
Looks darn tasty. I cant wait to try it with chicken breast and onions!!
Jerri Lyn
The first rule of trying any new recipe is to add more garlic!
Jerri Lyn
1st rule for making a new recipe … add more garlic!
Danni@SiloHillFarm
Yum Mary! Looks pretty awesoME!