Garlic Butter Pasta with Spinach
Five-ingredient pasta that tastes like restaurant cooking. Hot pasta tossed with melted garlic butter and wilted spinach, finished with lemon and Parmesan.
- Total time
- 18 min
- Servings
- 2
- Calories
- 520
- Protein
- 18g
Ingredients
- 8 oz spaghetti or linguine
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 cups fresh spinach, loosely packed
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- 1
Boil salted water in a large pot. Add pasta and cook until al dente, ~9 minutes.
- 2
While pasta cooks, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, ~1 minute.
- 3
Add minced garlic and cook until fragrant, ~45 seconds. Do not brown.
- 4
Reserve 0.5 cup pasta water, then drain pasta. Set aside.
- 5
Add spinach to the skillet with garlic butter and stir until wilted, ~60 seconds.
- 6
Add hot pasta to the skillet and toss to coat. Pour in reserved pasta water gradually.
- 7
Stir in half the Parmesan until the sauce is silky. Top with remaining Parmesan.
- 8
Serve immediately with cracked black pepper and lemon wedges.
Tools you’ll need
- large pot
- large skillet
- wooden spoon
- microplane or box grater
- colander
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