Wanting to switch up spaghetti night? Swap out a jar of spaghetti sauce with alfredo sauce instead! Read on for tips about how to make spaghetti with alfredo sauce.
Why This Recipe Works
I have always been enamored by the way a sauce can totally transform a dish. They can turn bland food into something magical. Sometimes it is fun (and delish!) to pair an unlikely sauce with another food that it typically doesn’t mingle with!
When most of us think “spaghetti,” our brains start trying to figure out whether or not we want to use jarred pasta sauce or homemade. But what if we completely switched up spaghetti night by throwing a different creamy sauce into the mix?!
Read on for tips about how to make spaghetti with alfredo sauce using just a few simple ingredients, including ways to spruce up the jarred variety if you don’t have time for a homemade batch.
Recipe Ingredients
Spaghetti noodles – Swap out spaghetti with any variety of cooked pasta such as penne pasta or fettuccine noodles.
Olive oil – Equal amounts of butter can be used in place of olive oil.
Alfredo sauce – Spruce up jarred alfredo sauce or make a homemade batch yourself in just a few minutes.
Toppings – Once cooked and plated, some delicious topping options for this dish include grated or shredded Parmesan cheese, fresh parsley or other fresh herbs, black pepper or red pepper flakes.
How To Make Spaghetti With Alfredo Sauce
Step 1
Cook the pasta in boiling water until al dente, approximately 8-10 minutes. Drain and rinse. Toss with olive oil.
Step 2
While the pasta cooks, pour sauce into a large skillet. Add chicken and desired spices to spruce up the sauce (optional). Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, or until warmed through.
Step 3
Divide hot pasta between serving plates and top with Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley.
Recipe Notes
- Make your batch of sauce tastier by adding cream cheese, pasta water, garlic powder, unsalted butter, heavy whipping cream, Italian seasoning, ground beef, cooked chicken breasts (chopped), a splash of milk, grated Parmesan cheese, fresh minced garlic, a pinch of nutmeg, chicken broth
- Attain the perfect consistency and achieve a super silky sauce by running your cooled sauce through a blender. Reheat and serve immediately!
What To Serve With Chicken Alfredo
Chicken Alfredo is the perfect easy meal for busy nights. It is easy to make and even easier to enjoy! Once it is ready to eat, what should you serve alongside it? Read on for 21 delicious ideas about what to serve with chicken alfredo!
What To Do With Leftover Spaghetti
Delivering you an extensive roundup of ideas for how to repurpose leftover spaghetti! Hoping these creative ideas will inspire you to use up last night’s dinner.
How To Reheat Fettuccine Alfredo – 3 Methods!
Fettuccine alfredo is an easy, comforting dinner to make any night of the week. If you find yourself with leftovers, you can reheat and enjoy them again the next day. Read on to learn how to reheat fettuccine alfredo so it can be enjoyed again later.
Ways To Use Alfredo Sauce
- Replace pizza sauce with alfredo sauce on your next pizza!
- Dip breadsticks or garlic bread into it. YUM!
- Chicken Alfredo, of course. Top with fresh parsley and black pepper!
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole (best. casserole. ever.)
- Heat it up and pour it over hot fettuccine pasta noodles or your favorite pasta.
- Turn traditional lasagna into a white lasagna by replacing spaghetti sauce with alfredo sauce and beef with shredded chicken.
- Add it to your next batch of scalloped potatoes.
- Mix it with cooked spaghetti squash or zucchini noodles for a healthier version of fettuccine alfredo.
FAQ About Alfredo Sauce
Store alfredo sauce in sealed containers in the fridge for up to 5 days. To extend the shelf life of this delicious sauce, freeze it!
To freeze alfredo sauce, transfer to an airtight container or doubled up resealable freezer bags. Freeze for up to 4 months. When you are ready to use it, allow it to thaw completely and reheat on the stove top or in the microwave. Either way, whisk vigorously until warmed through and creamy.
Alfredo sauce is typically made with butter, milk or cream and cheese. Some varieties of this sauce are thickened using flour, so be sure to check labels for ingredients containing wheat.
Although alfredo sauce is cheese-based, it is not technically cheese. It is a sauce containing butter, milk or heavy cream and one or two varieties of cheese.
Alfredo sauce becomes grainy when Parmesan added to it is not good quality and/or it doesn’t fully melt. To avoid this issue, use a fresh block of Parmesan cheese and grate or shred it into the sauce. To fix this issue, run the sauce through a blender or food processor.
Ways To Prepare Spaghetti Sauce
Split your batch of noodles and serve half with a tomato-based sauce to add variety. Here are a few simple and delicious ways to prepare pasta sauce.
- Looking for a stove top version? Consider making this delicious homemade pasta sauce recipe!
- Transform 2 cans of tomato sauce into a batch of super easy pasta sauce! If you have tomato sauce on hand instead of tomato paste, this is a great option for you.
- And if you have paste on hand instead of sauce, try this super easy way to transform tomato paste into a batch of pasta sauce!
- If you make or purchase a batch of pasta sauce and find that is thin and lacks substance, there are ways to fix it! Read on for tips about how to thicken spaghetti sauce.
- Check out this guide for ways to thicken without using tomato paste.
- So close in texture, color and flavor that you could call them cousins! Let’s get to the heart of the issue and explore marinara vs spaghetti sauce. What are the differences?!
- And if you find yourself with a weak batch of marinara, learn how to thicken marinara sauce easily!
Homemade Sauce Recipes
- This roundup of easy sauce recipes can be used now or frozen for another time.
- This spaghetti sauce is easy, meaty and hearty.
- Make your own taco sauce for tacos, burritos and taco salads!
- This enchilada sauce requires a handful of ingredients and just 15 minutes.
- You can make homemade buttermilk with two ingredients and 5 quick minutes.
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How To Make Spaghetti With Alfredo Sauce
Ingredients
- 12 oz spaghetti noodles
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 16 oz alfredo sauce or a batch of homemade alfredo sauce
- 2 cups chicken cooked and cubed
- 1 tsp salt optional
- 1 tsp pepper optional
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper optional
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1/4 cup Italian parsley finely chopped
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in boiling water until al dente, approximately 8-10 minutes. Drain and rinse. Toss with olive oil.
- Pour sauce into a medium skillet. Add chicken and desired spices to spruce up the sauce (optional). Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, or until warmed through.
- Divide cooked pasta between serving plates and top with Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley.
Notes
- Make your batch of sauce tastier by adding cream cheese, pasta water, garlic powder, unsalted butter, heavy whipping cream, Italian seasoning, ground beef, cooked chicken breasts (chopped), a splash of milk, grated Parmesan cheese, fresh minced garlic, a pinch of nutmeg, chicken broth
- Attain the perfect consistency and achieve a super silky sauce by running your cooled sauce through a blender. Reheat and serve immediately!
This is most definitely the best one yet, can’t even lie. I added Most of the pasta to the sauce, and after letting the sauce simmer for 10 minutes then simmered the pasta in it for another minute or two came out spectacular. much appreciated.
That’s great to hear, Jay! Thank you for sharing.