Here’s a simple, flavorful Garlic Butter Beef Pasta recipe—rich, comforting, and ready in about 30 minutes 🍝🥩🧄
🥩 Garlic Butter Beef Pasta
Ingredients (4 servings)
- 250–300 g (8–10 oz) pasta (spaghetti, fettuccine, or penne)
- 300–400 g (10–14 oz) beef (sirloin, flank, or ground beef)
- 4 tbsp butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Optional: grated Parmesan, parsley, red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Cook pasta
- Boil salted water, cook pasta al dente
- Reserve ½ cup pasta water, then drain
- Cook beef
- Cut beef into thin strips (or use ground beef)
- Season with salt & pepper
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, sear beef 2–3 minutes per side until browned and cooked through
- Remove beef, set aside
- Make garlic butter sauce
- In the same skillet, melt butter
- Add minced garlic, sauté 30–60 seconds until fragrant
- Optional: add a pinch of red pepper flakes
- Combine
- Return beef to skillet
- Add cooked pasta and toss
- Add a splash of reserved pasta water to loosen sauce if needed
- Serve
- Sprinkle with Parmesan and chopped parsley
- Serve hot
Tips & Variations
- Creamy version: stir in ¼ cup heavy cream with the butter
- Veggies: toss in spinach, mushrooms, or cherry tomatoes
- Cheesy: melt mozzarella over the top before serving
This dish is fast, flavorful, and perfect for a weeknight dinner.
If you want, I can also give a one-pan version where the pasta cooks directly in the garlic butter beef sauce—less cleanup!
