This 5 Ingredient Garlicky Butter Pasta with Spinach takes under 30 minutes to put together and is one of the easiest pastas ever!
Garlicky Butter Pasta with Spinach
I’ve shared a couple of my favourite “pantry” style pastas such as my Spicy Soy Garlic Butter Noodles with Beef, Bacon, Mushroom, Spinach Pasta, and Butter Garlic Miso Noodles with Mushrooms but today, I wanted to share my OG recipe that these ones were pretty much based off.
My original go-to was this simple but delicious garlicky butter pasta. It only uses 5 ingredients and then you can pretty much build whatever flavour profile you’d like from this. As I’m a little obsessed with garlic, this pasta recipe uses 12 cloves of garlic – so if you find garlic to be too strong, I’d suggest using a little less garlic than I do.
What You’ll Need To Make This
- pasta: I like to use bow tie pasta but you can use whatever you have on hand
- butter: I use unsalted but you could use salted if you prefer
- garlic: the more, the better
- spinach
- parmesan
How To Make This Simple Buttered Pasta
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook your pasta until it’s al dente. Reserving 1/2 cup of pasta water when done.
- In a sauté pan, melt the butter and add the garlic to the pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes before adding in the pasta and spinach. Stir until the spinach has wilted and everything has been coated in the garlicky butter sauce. Add in splashes of pasta water if needed to prevent the pasta from drying out.
- Stir in the parmesan and toss until combined.
- Serve when ready with more parmesan and/or freshly cracked pepper to taste if you’d like.
Recipe Variations
- Spicy Soy Garlic Butter Noodles with Beef
- Bacon, Mushroom, Spinach Pasta
- Butter Garlic Miso Noodles with Mushrooms
- Cold Chicken Spinach Pasta Salad
Tips and Notes
- add in green onions if you have some!
- this recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
- to reheat as a meal prep, pop it in a microwave. If you are reheating it on the stovetop, I suggest adding a splash of water to the pan.
- I use this pot from Zwilling to easily drain my pasta with and it automatically reserves some pasta water for me so that I won’t accidentally pour it down the drain!
5 Ingredient Garlicky Butter Pasta with Spinach
Ingredients
- 8 oz pasta, (228 grams)
- 3-4 tbsp butter
- 10 cloves garlic, the more, the better
- 2 cups spinach
- 1/2 cup parmesan, or more
Instructions
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook your pasta until it’s al dente. Reserving 1/2 cup of pasta water when done.
- In a sauté pan, melt the butter and add the garlic to the pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes before adding in the pasta and spinach. Stir until the spinach has wilted and everything has been coated in the garlicky butter sauce. Add in splashes of pasta water if needed to prevent the pasta from drying out.
- Stir in the parmesan and toss until combined.
- Serve when ready with more parmesan and/or freshly cracked pepper to taste if you’d like.
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