Easy Buttered Noodles

If you need quick, easy, no-fuss dinner buttered noodles are going to be your life-saver! All you need is simple pantry ingredients and 20 minutes! It’s perfect for dinner or as a side dish.

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Buttered noodles recipe

1. Buttered noodles are life-saver when you want real quick and simple dinner after long busy day.
2. With gentle flavors from garlic and herbs and richness from butter this dish is a crowd pleaser! Even picky eaters love it.
3. The recipe is very versatile. You can add your own twist to the dish and it will still taste great. Depending on your mood, change things up to suit your palate!
4. This is every carb lover’s dream! Butter + garlic + pasta + parmesan are a heavenly combination.
5. Egg noodles works great with this, but feel free to use pasta like pappardelle, tagliatelle, spaghetti.   

Ingredients you’ll need

• 8 oz egg noodles or pasta, pappardelle, fettucine, tagliatelle, spaghetti works
• 4 tablespoon salted butter
• ¼ cup pasta water
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh squeezed
• ⅓ cup Parmesan, fresh grated from block
• ½ teaspoon red chili flakes (optional)

Noodles –

Egg noodles are classic, but feel free to substitute them with pasta like pappardelle, fettuccine, tagliatelle, and spaghetti.

Depending on the type of noodles or pasta you use, cooking time will vary.  

Butter –

Use salted butter. I used 4 tablespoons butter, you can reduce the amount of butter to your preference.

Parmesan –

Use freshly grated parmesan from block cheese instead of using pre-grated cheese from a bag.

Seasoning –

Salt is added to pasta cooking water to season pasta. To flavor, the dish salt from salted butter and Parmesan cheese will be enough.

Don’t skip on pepper, it’s flavor and taste.

Spices & herbs –

I used garlic powder for flavoring. You can also use fresh minced garlic if you like. Dried oregano and dried parsley add subtle herby flavor to the pasta which is crucial to balance the richness of butter and cheese.

I also prefer to add a slight kick with red chili flakes. Kick from red chili flakes balances the dish.

How to make it with step by step instructions

Bring a large pot of water to boil. Once the water begins to boil, add a couple of generous pinch of salt to the water (I used about 1 tablespoon of salt).

Add noodles(or pasta) and cook according to packet instructions. Cook pasta al-dente.

Drain pasta. DO NOT RINSE PASTA.

Reserve ¼ to ¾ cup pasta water to be used later.

While pasta cooks in water, heat another pan side by side. Add salted butter to the pan. Add garlic powder and pepper. Give it a mix. Add cooked pasta to the pan.

Pour pasta water. Grate parmesan cheese directly over hot pasta.

Add in dried oregano, dried parsley, and fresh-squeezed lemon juice.

Give it a good stir until cheese and pasta blend together.

Serve hot with extra parmesan cheese grated on top, sprinkle red chili flakes, and dried or fresh parsley. Enjoy.

Recipe tips

1. Quality of butter and parmesan cheese is crucial. Use good premium quality ingredients to make it best-tasting noodles.
2. Cooking time for noodles will vary depending on the type. Egg noodles are classic, pappardelle, fettuccine, tagliatelle, and spaghetti work well.
3. Add a generous amount of salt to boiling water before boiling pasta. The flavors are subtle, you want the dish to be seasoned perfectly in every step.
4. Reserve pasta cooking water. This is crucial. Adding starchy water will create a thick sauce with just butter and noodles.
5. Be sure to add freshly grated parmesan from block cheese instead of using pre-grated cheese from a bag.
6. For added flavor, you can cook pasta in vegetable stock or chicken stock. You can also add 1 or 2 bouillon cubes to the water before cooking pasta.
7. Taste after adding Parmesan cheese and adjust salt and seasoning according to your palate.

Recipe variations

This recipe is so versatile you can easily tweak the ingredients you add to the dish. Add cooked shrimp, sausage, chicken, sautéed asparagus.

You can also saute some peppers and onion and add it them too.

Frozen peas, frozen corn makes a great addition too.

A bag of baby spinach stirred at the end is great.

How to store buttered noodles

Leftover noodles can be stored in air tight container in refrigerator for 5 days.

To reheat, add noodles to a pan and reheat with dash of water or milk on stove top or microwave.

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