Philadelphia Pasta (Cream Cheese Pasta)
This is a delicious and simple Philadelphia pasta recipe (cream cheese pasta). It is healthy, flavorful, and ready in 20 minutes. Serve with any veggies, chicken, or meat for a tasty dinner.
About This Philadelphia Pasta Recipe
Quick – It is a 20-minute recipe perfect for midweek dinners.
Few Ingredients – This Philadelphia cream cheese pasta uses less than 10 ingredients. Only 9 ingredients (excluding salt and pepper) that are budget-friendly and easy to come by are used for this recipe.
Nutritious – Cream cheese is not only delicious but it is also healthy.
Delicious – This Philadelphia pasta is yummy and comforting.
Ingredients
Pasta
Philadelphia cream cheese
Parmesan
Onion
Garlic
Italian seasoning
Paprika
Black pepper
Stock cube
Salt
Olive oil
How To Make Philadelphia Pasta (Cream Cheese Pasta)
Here’s the step by step instructions for making Philadelphia cream cheese pasta:
Add water to a pot, let it boil then add salt and pasta, stir, and cook till it’s tender but firm. Reserve a cup of pasta water, then drain the pasta. While the pasta is boiling, start cooking the sauce.
Place a pot on the stove on low heat. Add oil to the pan, chopped onions, and fry for 1-2 minutes before adding minced garlic.
Add Italian seasoning, paprika, onion granules, garlic powder, stock cubes, black pepper, and salt. Stir and fry for 1 minute.
Pour the Philadelphia cream cheese, add the reserved cup of pasta water, and stir. Add parmesan and let the sauce simmer for 2 minutes.
Add cooked pasta and stir to combine.
Take off the heat and serve.
What To Serve With
I like to serve it with chicken, fish, or steak and roasted vegetable sides. In the picture below I served it with air fryer soy honey chicken breast cooked from frozen. Here are some other recommendations of what you can serve Philadelphia pasta with:
Air fryer frozen chicken breast honey soy
Garlic butter Steak
Steamed broccoli
Lamb steaks
How To Store
Cream cheese pasta can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. To reheat, transfer the pasta to a pan, add a splash of milk, and cook on the stove till hot.
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Philadelphia Pasta Recipe (Cream Cheese Pasta)
Ingredients
- 500 g Pasta
- 160 g Cream cheese
- 1 medium Onion chopped
- 3 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 5g Stock cube
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- 1/4 cup Parmesan
Instructions
- Add water to a pot, let it boil then add salt and pasta, stir and cook till it's tender but firm. Reserve a cup and half of pasta water, then drain the pasta. While the pasta is boiling, start cooking the sauce.
- Place a pot on the stove on low heat. Add oil to the pan, chopped onions, and fry for 1-2 minutes before adding minced garlic.
- Add Italian seasoning, paprika, onion granules, garlic powder, stock cubes, black pepper, and salt. Stir and fry for 1 minute.
- Pour the Philadelphia cream cheese, add the reserved cups of pasta water, and stir. Add parmesan and let the sauce simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add cooked pasta and stir to combine. Take off the heat and serve.
