Garlic Parmesan Sauce is an easy recipe for a creamy flavorful sauce that’s ideal as a pasta sauce, drizzled over chicken, on pizza or as a dipping sauce. Made with basic ingredients, this creamy garlic parm sauce takes just minutes to make on your stovetop.
You may recognize this easy garlic parmesan sauce copycat recipe from the famous Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant and it’s so easy to recreate at home.
You probably already have all of the ingredients in your kitchen pantry and fridge.
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Honestly, all it takes for this sauce to come together, with a few simple steps, is just a few minutes on your stovetop. I kid you not!
Bursting with the flavors of garlic and parmesan cheese, you will want to serve this sauce on everything.
I love tossing this parmesan sauce with hot pasta and topping more with freshly shredded cheese, of course, and a sprinkle of thinly sliced fresh basil.
Next time you make pizza, use this sauce, topped with fresh mozzarella, and make it a white pizza. Maybe add some dollops of ricotta cheese and creamy roasted garlic too. You’re welcome!
So go ahead and make a batch, or two, of creamy Garlic Parm Sauce. You'll be using it on everything!
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How to make a creamy garlic sauce
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- Melt the butter in a medium saucepot over medium heat.
- Add the garlic, Italian seasoning, kosher salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Add the flour and whisk until a paste forms.
- Slowly pour in the broth, whisking constantly until smooth and blended.
- Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat and boil for 1 minute until the sauce thickens.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the heavy cream and grated Parmesan cheese, and cook until the cheese is melted and the sauce is creamy and smooth, whisking occasionally.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Be sure to use a whisk when making this sauce so that all of the ingredients blend evenly.
- To save time, you can use jarred minced garlic
- For a slightly thinner sauce, increase the heavy cream to 1 cup
- I do not recommend using garlic powder in this recipe. Fresh garlic will give you the best flavor.
- Stir fresh or frozen peas into the homemade sauce and cook until heated through
- For a hint of heat, add a pinch of red pepper flakes!
Substitutions
- You can substitute vegetable broth for the chicken broth
- Replace the dried Italian seasoning with 2 teaspoons dried basil and 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- If you use salted butter, in place of unsalted butter, you will want to reduce the amount of kosher salt that you use
- Freshly cracked black pepper can be substituted for the black pepper
Storage
- Store any leftover cream sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- The sauce will stay fresh in the refrigerator for about 5 days.
- If the sauce separates after storing, simply use a whisk to bring it back together when reheating.
How to reheat leftover sauce
- Reheat any leftover sauce in a saucepot over medium-low heat.
- If the sauce has separated, whisk it to bring it back together as you reheat it.
Equipment
- medium saucepot
- measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- glass measuring cups
- whisk
How to serve garlic parm sauce
There are so many ways to serve this homemade sauce. The possibilities are endless!
Some of my favorite ways to serve garlic parmesan sauce are:
- As a parmesan dipping sauce for crispy chicken wings, fries, chicken nuggets and chicken tenders
- As a pasta sauce
- As a pizza sauce
- Drizzled over chicken, beef and seafood
- On potatoes
- Over rice
- With bread
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Ingredients
With just a few simple ingredients you can easily make this parmesan garlic sauce.
- unsalted butter
- garlic
- dried Italian seasoning
- all purpose flour
- chicken broth
- heavy cream
- Parmesan cheese
- kosher salt
- black pepper
Garlic Parmesan Sauce Recipe
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Equipment
- Medium saucepot
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 3 Tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 Tablespoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
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Instructions
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepot over medium heat.
- Add the garlic, Italian seasoning, kosher salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Add the flour and whisk until a paste forms.
- Slowly pour in the broth, whisking constantly until smooth and blended.
- Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat and boil for 1 minute until the sauce thickens.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the heavy cream and grated Parmesan cheese, and cook until the cheese is melted and the sauce is creamy and smooth, whisking occasionally.
- Serve with pasta, wings, fries and more!
Notes
- Be sure to use a whisk when making this sauce so that all of the ingredients blend evenly.
- To save time, you can use jarred minced garlic
- For a slightly thinner sauce, increase the heavy cream to 1 cup
- I do not recommend using garlic powder in this recipe. Fresh garlic will give you the best flavor.
- For a hint of heat, add a pinch of red pepper flakes!
Homemade sauces are so good. This is great for pasta, rice, potatoes and more. Skip the store-bought, this is worth the effort.
Absolutely! Homemade is the best and this sauce takes just minutes to make!
This is my kind of sauce, nice and cheesy!! I used it make a shredded chicken dish and it was devoured.
I used this as a dipping sauce for fries and there were no leftovers. It was a hit!
A great sauce recipe for those who like parmessan, the ingredients are easy to find and the instructions were clear. you can just follow it and dont get lost!
Homemade sauces are my favorite and I am loving this version of garlic parmesan sauce! So much flavor and so easy to make!
The Garlic Parmesan Sauce was the absolute bomb! We served it with a plate of hot, crispy fries, and it will now be our go-to sauce
I love garlic parmesan sauce and this was so easy to follow. The sauce came out perfect and smooth.
This is very great homemade sauce, and looks very very delicious. Even kids would love this if they tasted it. Nice!!!!!!
What a tasty and versatile sauce! 🙂 I know my family would love this, and we could use it throughout the week for different recipes.
I can't get enough of this dip recipe. For me, it is a perfect dip for my breadsticks, fries, or veggies!
I am in love with this recipe! My boys are a big fan of garlic sauce and would use it with everything. This is by far our favorite for pizza.
I appreciate how versatile this recipe is and can already see it going well with a variety of different recipes.
So far we used it as a dipping sauce and on pizza but i can't wait to try it with pasta next! Such an easy and tasty sauce.
The possibilities are endless Veronica! So hapy you are loving this sauce!
Yes, it's so good on pizza!
So happy to hear that you are enjoyng this recipe Molly!
I love this sauce with fries! So hapy to hear that you do too!