The Best Garlic Buttered Parmesan Noodles Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What to add to noodles for flavor? ›

How do I make plain noodles taste better? Add Cheese & Italian herb mix. Add Soy Sauce & Chopped Green onions/Chives & Fried garlic. Cook in thin coconut milk instead of water with shredded chicken & some sliced garlic.

The butter completes the dish by adding richness and helping to meld salt into the noodles. Parmesan Cheese – Freshly grated Parmesan cheese is the ideal choice. It adds both hints of savory salt and delicious fresh cheesiness to the noodles.

You can also add: Spices like white pepper, sichuan pepper, or chile flakes to the finished dish, or try adding a cinnamon stick, star anise, and coriander seeds to the simmering broth (remove 'em before serving!)

A small amount of fat—extra-virgin olive oil or butter—is essential to good pasta sauce texture. Without fat, you have at best watery sauce (nobody has ever said, "Waiter, my pasta is not quite wet enough"), and at worst sauce that over-thickens with starch alone and takes on a pasty texture.

Do Italians put butter on pasta? ›

Indeed, the choice between olive oil and butter marks a clear distinction between the culinary traditions of Northern Italy and those of the central and southern regions. Butter is more widely used in the North, and is featured in many local risottos, main courses, stuffed pasta dishes, and more.

You can easily substitute olive oil for butter in most pasta recipes, especially ones that have lots of fresh vegetables. Choose recipes that are lightly dressed and avoid pastas with rich cream sauces (which require butter).

Dairy milk gives your ramen a milky, creamy character. It takes the heat out of spicy ramen and adds a thick, rich texture. Soy milk, on the other hand, is sweet and nutty. It's not as thick and creamy.

Cheese is naturally rich in free glutamates, a building block for umami flavor, and ramen is already packed with umami. By adding cheese, you also add fat and carbohydrates, further enriching the broth.