Lemon Garlic Pasta Recipe
Keep this Lemon Garlic Pasta Recipe for a simple dinner idea or filling side dish. Pasta tossed with lemon, olive oil, red pepper flakes, parmesan and roasted garlic.
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Sometimes you just crave carbs. When I get the pasta craving I make sure to indulge in a delicious bowl full of it! But not just pasta. I add a ton of flavor with Roasted Garlic, Lemon, Pamesan and Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
When a recipe only uses a few ingredients, make sure those ingredients are high quality. Use your favorite pasta. The garlic and lemon needs to be fresh. The parmesan cheese must be high quality. And use a premium olive oil.
This Lemon Garlic Pasta Recipe is simple and comforting. Two of my favorite things: Lemon and Roasted Garlic. Because why would you eat garlic any other way?
If you have not tried roasted garlic, check out my post on How To Roast Garlic. It is, dare I say, life changing! {the roasted garlic, not my post}
How can you make this recipe even quicker?
An easy dinner idea that can be made quickly. Especially if you already have roasted garlic hanging out in your refrigerator.
If not, it doesn’t take long to lightly roast the garlic. Pop it in the oven right when you get home from work. Then do your after work routine {change clothes, check facebook, crack open a beer, whatever}. The garlic can be ready in about 40 minutes!
What can you add to this dish?
This pasta dish is fantastic as is. Or dress it up a bit with some roasted chicken, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, shrimp or fresh vegetables.
This simple dinner meal is absolutely satisfying and loaded with flavor! Perfect with a glass of wine.
What kind of pasta should you use?
This lemon garlic pasta recipe calls for angel hair pasta. But you can use regular spaghetti noodles or, my personal favorite, bucatini.
What if you are sensitive to lemon or garlic flavor?
I’m not sure why you are still reading this, if so 😆 Feel free to decrease the amount of roasted garlic. lemon or both to your preference.
What tools do you need for this recipe?
You will need a good skillet, Cuisinart Classic Stainless 10-Inch Open Skillet
. A
Terra Cotta Garlic Roaster
and Citrus Juicer
come in handy too!
Want more lemon garlic recipes?
For more lemon infused dinner ideas, be sure to check out my Lemon Garlic Drumsticks, Lemon Garlic Kale Salad, Lemon Poppy Seed Chicken Salad or Lemon Butter Chicken Thighs.
And here are a few lemony recipes from around the web:
Lemon Garlic Pork Chops by Dinners, Dishes & Desserts
Oven Roasted Chicken with Lemon Rosemary Garlic Butter by FoodieCrush
Ham Lemon Orzo by Oh, Sweet Basil
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Table of Contents
Lemon Garlic Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 Head of Garlic 10-15 cloves
- 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 4-5 Tb Fresh Lemon Juice 1 large or 2 small lemons
- Lemon Zest
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/8 tsp Red Pepper Flakes or more if you like spicy
- 1/2 lb Angel Hair Pasta - cooked
- Fresh Grated Parmesan
Instructions
- Place peeled garlic cloves in an oven safe dish, drizzle with olive oil and cover with foil. Oven roast at 400° for 30-40 minutes (until lightly golden browned). Let cool for 2-3 minutes, then chop.
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Feel free to use a different type of pasta if you prefer.
- In a large sauté pan over medium/low heat - heat the olive oil and chopped garlic for 4-5 minutes while stirring.
- Add the lemon juice and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low - add the salt and red pepper flakes.
- Add the cooked pasta and toss with the lemon garlic sauce until fully coated.
- Transfer to serving dishes and top with a drizzle of olive oil, lemon zest, fresh grated parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes (optional).
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Nicole Harris is the recipe creator behind WonkyWonderful, sharing fast, budget-friendly meals for busy families. Since 2012 she’s been developing 30-minute dinners, kid-approved favorites, and holiday dishes with flair - all with real ingredients and no fuss. She grew up stretching simple pantry staples into something delicious, and that shows up in every recipe: easy, affordable, and full of flavor. Read more...
Nicole, bravo! What a great idea! Love this. I’m sure this is incredibly delicious!
Thank you 🙂
Nicole, this looks amazing! Thank you, I will try this right away)
Nicole, this pasta looks amazing. Especially this time of year. I make something similar, I need to make this on the weekend. Delicious.
I am making this delicious recipe as a side dish for sea scallops. The scallops will be seared in a lemon caper butter sauce. I am accompanying this with fresh asparagus. This is the meal I am preparing my mother for Mother’s Day. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
Oh my, that sounds like quite the feast 🙂
This was amazing! It was a huge hit with my pickiest son. Who happens to be 24 now! Thank you! We will make this again!
Awesome! Glad he liked it 🙂
Will it taste different if I fried the garlic instead of roasting in oven?
Yes, roasted garlic becomes mild and slightly sweet. It will still taste good though if you decide to prepare the garlic differently 🙂
How would I adapt this for 6?
I make this but use butter instead of olive oil the rich butter adds more flavor to the dish. I absolutely love it!
My pasta was super dry. Did anyone else have that issue. I followed the recipe – maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be?
Im not sure what happened but this turned out terrible for me. We couldn’t eat and laughed about it all night. Too much garlic and too much acid for half pound of pasta.
Loved how simple this was, it came together so quickly! I added some shrimp and broccoli and it was delicious. Will def be making this again!
Dear, Nicole. As I initially visited your page, I thought “yum!! Delicious!” Sadly, once making this, it tasted awful. If I was given the option to eat this or not eat I would choose not to eat. Nothing against you, I would imagine the recipe and your cooking are actually quite good but my cooking is very bad, therefore, the pasta was bad. I think I might throw up later, I’ll keep you posted. Hugs and kisses.
Great idea! Now that is what I call a great way to start the day! It looks delicious!