Quick and Easy Alfredo Sauce
Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Sauces Pasta Sauces
I experimented with this until I found a quick, cheap, and easy Alfredo sauce combination -- the secret is cream cheese!
Servings per recipe: 4
Calories per serving: 648
Preparation time: 5m
Total cooking time: 10m
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 cups milk
- 6 ounces grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions:
- 1 Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic powder, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Stir in Parmesan and pepper. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. Sauce will thicken rapidly, thin with milk if cooked too long. Toss with hot pasta to serve.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 57.1g | 88% |
| Saturated Fat | 36.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 170mg | 57% |
| Sodium | 1030mg | 41% |
| Potassium | 326mg | 9% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.2g | |
| Protein | 25.1g | 50% |
| Sugars | 7g | |
| Vitamin A | 1882IU | |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | |
| Calcium | 667mg | |
| Iron | 1mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 5mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 34mg | |
| Folate | 19mcg |
