This Quick Alfredo Sauce (with cream cheese) is my go-to Alfredo sauce recipe now. I did not realize how life changing it is to ditch heavy cream and use cream cheese in Alfredo sauce instead! It is brilliant. I don’t always have heavy cream on hand, but I usually do have cream cheese, making this recipe so easy to throw together anytime! It is lighter and much easier to make than traditional Alfredo sauce but still tastes incredible. So creamy and delicious and no one would ever guess how easy and quick it is to make! This is a perfect recipe for busy weeknight dinners when you have a hungry family to feed but your are short on time. My boys absolutely LOVE Chicken Alfredo and are so happy when I serve this for dinner.
I like to pour this sauce over pasta with grilled chicken or sautéed shrimp and add broccoli on top or on the side. A stellar dinner that your family will love and you can have on the table in less than 30 minutes! Yay!!
Another wonderful Alfredo like pasta recipe is my One Pot Creamy Garlic Pasta. Have you tried that one yet? The sauce forms like magic in the same pot as the cooking pasta. It is fast and delicious too.
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Quick Alfredo Sauce (with Cream Cheese)
Description
Perfectly creamy and flavorful Alfredo sauce that comes together quickly with simple ingredients. Perfect for a busy weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 3 cloves Garlic, finely minced
- 4 oz Cream Cheese, softened and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 1/2 cups Parmesan Cheese, freshly grated
- ½ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in a medium, nonstick saucepan over medium heat.
- Add minced garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add cream cheese, stirring with a whisk until smooth.
- Add milk, a little at a time, whisking until smooth.
- Stir in grated parmesan cheese and pepper.
- Season with kosher salt, if needed.
- Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. Sauce will thicken quickly.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Source: adapted from Tasty Kitchen and My Kitchen Cafe
Yes—I love it too!!
This is so delicious. Looks identical to the one on Mel’s Kitchen Cafe I’ve made for years. Yum.