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Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce

August 15, 2017 by Sandy 8 Comments

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Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce is a delicious and versatile sauce for pasta, vegetables, rice, and meat. Flavorful Garlic Cream Sauce is an easy recipe to make and tastes amazing! With fragrant garlic and nutty parmesan cheese, this is a favorite sauce of our readers. Try it on crispy chicken wings. This delicious sauce comes together quickly, so it's perfect for a weeknight dinner or last-minute meal.

Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce in a black bowl on a wooden board garnished with parsley

 

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce

It's good to have a few basic homemade sauce recipes in your recipe box.

You never know when you might want to whip up a quick pasta or veggie dish that needs a tasty sauce. So this recipe is great for dinner on busy weeknights.

What to Put Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce On?

    This Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce recipe is decadent, and tastes amazing over veggies or meat. Here are some ideas:

  • Vegetables: Put this sauce on roasted cauliflower, steamed broccoli, spaghetti squash, Brussels sprouts, roasted carrots, etc.
  • Pasta Sauce: Serve this buttery garlic sauce with pasta. This sauce works on any pasta shape, but some favorites are: Orzo, Fettuccine, Spaghetti, or Gnocchi.
  • Pizza Sauce: Make a fabulous white pizza using this sauce! See sauce variations below for some flavor options.

Use parmesan garlic sauce as the best dipping sauce for meat: We really like it with: chicken tenders, steak, wings, or salmon.

Make some awesome parmesan garlic Wings (parmesan wings are a personal favorite!).

This Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce is a favorite to put on Air Fryer Chicken Wings. Toss cooked wings with the sauce and serve (or broil a couple minutes then serve).

Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce on spaghetti squash in bowl.
Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce over spaghetti squash.

Simple Ingredients in This Creamy Garlic Sauce

This is a great sauce recipe that uses basic ingredients that you can get at your local grocery store.
See the recipe card for exact measurements. Recipe can be doubled for a big batch.

Unsalted Butter - For the best flavor (I haven't tested this recipe with olive oil).
Fresh Garlic Cloves - Or Roasted Garlic(or use garlic powder)
All Purpose Flour - You can try gluten free flour (though I still have to test it).
Chicken Broth - Or use veggie broth.
Kosher Salt and Black Pepper
Nutmeg - It may sound strange, but a little really gives the sauce the best flavor.
Heavy Cream - Use heavy whipping cream for a thicker sauce, or half and half to cut a few calories (sauce will be a little thinner).
Parmesan Cheese - Freshly grated or pre-grated cheese is fine.
Garnishes:
Chopped Parsley
Parmesan Cheese - Sprinkle extra cheese on each serving of food.

Simple Steps for Homemade Garlic Parmesan Sauce

1) Melt butter over medium low heat in a skillet.
2) Using a garlic press, add the garlic to the melted butter and stir constantly for a minute or so. Don’t overcook!
3) Whisk in the flour (it will form a paste) and cook for a minute, stirring constantly, to get the raw taste out of the flour.
4) Increase heat to medium-high and gradually whisk in the broth. Be sure to whisk out any lumps.
5) Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
6) Whisk in the heavy cream and remove pan from burner.
7) Stir in the parmesan cheese.
8) Taste and adjust salt to your liking.

Garlic Parmesan Sauce on spaghetti squash on a fork.

Easy Sauce Variations

Spicy Sauce - Try adding some red pepper flakes to the sauce (to taste) when you add the garlic. This will give the sauce a nice little kick of extra heat.
Buffalo Sauce - A very flavorful sauce just by adding some buffalo wing sauce to this recipe. It's spicy and delicious!
White Sauce - This creamy sauce is technically a white sauce, but you can omit the garlic (what?!) for a milder sauce for other recipes.
Italian Pasta Sauce - Just add some Italian Seasoning to the sauce when you add the garlic. Then you will have a great Italian sauce for pasta or pizza, calzones, etc.

Storage

• Put leftover sauce into an airtight container and keep in the fridge up to 4 days. Reheat on low heat, gently.
• ​Freezing is not recommended for this recipe.

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Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce in a bowl
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Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce is a delicious and versatile sauce for pasta, spaghetti squash, rice, and vegetables.

Course: condiments, sauces
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cream sauce, pasta sauce
Servings: 4 4-oz Servings
Calories: 348 kcal
Author: Sandy Clifton
Ingredients
  • 4 Tablespoons Butter
  • 4 Cloves Garlic, pressed (or 2 tsp garlic powder)
  • ¼ cup Flour
  • 2 cups Chicken Broth (or veggie broth)
  • Pinch of Kosher Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • Pinch of Nutmeg
  • ½ cup Heavy Cream
  • ¾ cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
Garnish
  • Chopped Parsley
  • Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
  1. Melt butter over medium heat in a skillet.
  2. Add the pressed garlic and stir constantly for a minute or so. Don’t overcook!
  3. Whisk in the flour (it will form a paste) and cook for a minute to get the raw taste out of the flour.

  4. Increase heat to medium high and gradually whisk in the broth. Be sure to whisk out any lumps.

  5. Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
  6. Whisk in the heavy cream and remove pan from burner.

  7. Stir in the parmesan cheese.
  8. Taste and adjust salt to your liking.
Recipe Notes

Serve over pasta, vegetables, spaghetti squash, fish, potatoes, wings, steak, chicken, etc.

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  1. Barbara

    June 04, 2020 at 8:30 am

    Can I make early a refrigerate

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    • Sandy

      October 01, 2023 at 2:06 pm

      Yes, it will last a few days in an airtight container. Reheat over low heat, slowly, so it stays together.

      Reply
  2. Holly

    January 11, 2020 at 12:32 pm

    I could mainline this sauce. It is so good and tasted amazing on my spaghetti sauce.

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    • Holly

      January 11, 2020 at 12:32 pm

      I meant spaghetti squash

      Reply
  3. Jeremy

    October 17, 2019 at 4:21 pm

    Can corn starch be used instead of flour?

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    • Sandy

      October 26, 2019 at 11:01 pm

      Yes.

      Reply
  4. DawnGaye

    March 11, 2018 at 8:04 am

    Would this work with subbing a keto friendly flour such as coconut flour? possibly with an additional thickener, like Xanthium gum? thanks!

    Reply
    • Sandy

      March 11, 2018 at 6:04 pm

      Hi Dawn, I haven't tried it, but I think it would be good.

      Reply

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