Garlic Parmesan Sauce
Thick, creamy garlic parmesan sauce is packed with decadent garlic, parmesan, and heavy cream. Delicious over pasta, as a dip, and more! Heavenly flavor. Perfect balance of garlic cheesiness with seasonings.
Hello! Are you in the mood for a delicious homemade sauce that will impress the heck out of everyone who tastes it? Yeah! That’s today’s incredible Garlic Parmesan Sauce.
This rich and velvety garlic parmesan sauce is filled with luxurious garlic, parmesan cheese, and rich cream. Ideal for drizzling over pasta, as a dipping sauce, and more! It’s a perfect blend of garlicky cheesiness with a touch of seasonings.
Pretty soon, your kids, your partner, your everybody’s will want what you’re having! Let’s whip this up and delight in a tasty Italian night filled with deliciousness!
Garlic Parmesan Sauce Ingredients
- Butter
- Garlic + Garlic Powder – two kinds of garlic make for an exceptional level of deep garlic flavor
- Flour
- Italian Seasoning – my homemade italian seasoning is a must try!
- Heavy Cream
- Broth – chicken or vegetable will do
- Parmesan Cheese
- Salt and Pepper – not to worry, I’ve listed my recommend amount, but you can adjust it to suit your tastes.
How to Make Garlic Parmesan Sauce
Learn how to make garlic parmesan sauce with these simple ingredients and just a few steps. You’ll be pouring this thick, creamy, and unbelievably delicious sauce on everything!
First, bring a medium saucepan to medium high heat. Melt butter in the pan, then stir in garlic and cook until fragrant.
Next, reduce the heat to medium and whisk in flour, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper until thickened.
Now, increase the heat back to medium high and incrementally whisk in heavy cream and broth until the sauce is smooth. Bring to a low simmer and cook until thickened.
Reducing the heat to low, stir in delicious parmesan until it melts smoothly into the garlic parmesan sauce.
Lastly, remove the sauce from the heat and add in any salt and pepper as needed.
Why Make This?
This garlic parmesan sauce is one of my favorite things ever. It’s thick and creamy, with velvety-rich texture and robust garlic and cheesy parmesan flavor. It’s fairly simple to make, with common ingredients that come together for an epic and heavenly sauce you’ll want to pour over everything.
This parmesan garlic sauce goes well with chicken wings, pasta, roasted veggies, appetizers, and more. You’ll seriously love how much better this homemade sauce is over store-bought.
What to Serve with Parmesan Garlic Sauce
- Pastas: cook your favorite pasta as directed, drain, and coat with this sauce! Also try my Tomato Basil Pasta, Garlic Butter Pasta, and Pesto Pasta.
- Veggies: serve with cooked or raw veggies like broccoli, roasted bell peppers, or brussels sprouts. Especially good with garlic parmesan potatoes! Bonus Tip: try drizzling some balsamic glaze over all of these for a flavor-rich treat.
- Wings: cook up a batch of chicken wings and coat or dip in this parmesan garlic sauce.
- Appetizers: I love using this sauce as a dip for french fries, air fryer onion rings, potato wedges, and more.
- Breads: serve with Garlic Toast or Roasted Garlic Bread for a ridiculously good garlic lovers treat.
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Garlic Parmesan Sauce
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 ¼ cups (8–10 servings) 1x
Description
Thick, creamy garlic parmesan sauce is packed with decadent garlic, parmesan, and heavy cream. Delicious over pasta, as a dip, and more! Heavenly flavor. Perfect balance of garlic cheesiness with seasonings.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chicken or vegetable broth
- ¾ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- Heat a medium saucepan to medium high heat. Melt butter in the pan. Add garlic, stirring and cooking until fragrant.
- Reduce heat to medium and whisk in flour, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper until a thick texture like paste forms. You can start with less salt and adjust to taste while cooking the sauce.
- Increase heat to medium high, gradually whisking in heavy cream and broth until smooth. Bring to a low simmer, cooking until sauce thickens, about 2-4 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low, stirring in Parmesan. Stir until cheese melts and sauce becomes smooth.
- Remove from heat, add more salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve over cooked pasta, as a dip with appetizers like french fries, onion rings, or potato wedges, coat chicken wings, or on top of veggies like brussels sprouts.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Condiments, Pasta
- Method: Cook
- Cuisine: Italian, American
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This creamy garlic Parmesan sauce was SO delish! I want to pour it over everything!
Same here! Every time I make it, we literally put it on everything we eat lol
Oooh, this sauce sounds absolutely amazing and so versatile too. I would love to pair it with pasta.
Yes! It’s so good on pasta!
I could use this sauce on so many of my favorite dishes! Such an easy recipe to keep handy at all times.
Agreed, it’s seriously so good on pretty much any dish. It’s definitely rescued more than a few dinners before. 😉
Yum, served this over pasta, and everyone loved it!
Woohoo! So glad to hear it!
This Garlic Parmesan Sauce recipe is excellent! It’s creamy, flavorful, and so versatile. Perfect for pasta, veggies, or as a dip. Highly recommend giving it a try. Thank you!
You’re so welcome, Heather! I know, I totally love using it as a dip, too. So glad to hear how much you’re enjoying it!