This Philadelphia cream cheese pasta sauce is flavorful and delicious. Making pasta with cream cheese sauce is easy and requires just a few ingredients. You'll love this cream cheese spaghetti that is comforting, filling, and ready in under 15 minutes.
Philadelphia Cream Cheese Pasta Recipe
This Philadelphia cream cheese pasta is not only creamy, and cheesy but is also flavorful and filling.
It is quick to make and with this recipe, it can be ready in under 15 minutes. This makes it perfect for midweek dinners.
No heavy cream in this cream cheese pasta recipe yet you get a creamy, smooth consistency.
I used 8 easy to get ingredients for this recipe.
My family loves cream cheese pasta and we rarely have leftovers.
What You Will Need
Cream cheese- I used Philadelphia Cream Cheese Original. You don't have to use this brand; you can use any store brand.
Pasta- I chose spaghetti for this recipe, however, you can use any shape of dried pasta. From linguine to tagliatelle, penne, and more.
Onion- Fresh onions or frozen chopped onions work fine.
Garlic- Freshly minced or frozen minced.
Italian seasoning
Black pepper
Stock cube
Parmesan
Olive
Salt
How To Make Cream Cheese Pasta
Step 1- Boil pasta till it is aldente.
Step 2- While boiling the pasta, make the cream cheese sauce for pasta:
Add olive oil to a skillet or pot, then add chopped onions. Saute the onions till translucent and fragrant before adding minced garlic. Stir and fry for 1 minute.
Step 3—Add Italian seasoning, black pepper, stock cube, and salt. Add cream cheese, and 1 cup pasta water and stir it till the cream cheese is melted to a smooth consistency.
Step 4- Add parmesan, stir, and simmer untill it's melted then add boiled pasta. Mix till all is well combined.
Garnish with parsley.
Take off the heat and serve.
Serving Suggestion
Serve cream cheese spaghetti with vegetables or any protein of your choice. Some recommendations of what to serve with are:
Roasted vegetables
How To Store
Transfer leftovers to an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 3 days. It can be eaten cold or reheated.
To reheat, add some water then heat it in the microwave or in a pan on the stovetop. The water will help loosen the sauce so the spaghetti isn't dry and it is moist and creamy.
Tips
- If you have leftover chicken, fish, or steak, you can add it to the sauce. I would add it before adding in spaghetti.
- If you want to cook raw meat and add it to the sauce, you can do this by pan frying the chicken, fish, or beef in the pan and then using the same pan to cook the cream cheese sauce.
- Instead of Italian seasoning, you can substitute it with cajun seasoning, or all-purpose seasoning. You can also add herbs of your choice. I like to add a little extra parsley.
- You can add vegetables like peas and carrots. If doing so, add this to the boiling pasta 3 minutes before it is done cooking.
- Cream cheese pasta sauce is best served as soon as it's cooked.
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Philadelphia Cream Cheese Pasta Sauce
Ingredients
- 165 g Cream cheese
- 400 g Spaghetti
- 1 medium Onion chopped
- 4 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 Stock cube
- ½ teaspoon Black pepper or to taste
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
Instructions
- Boil pasta till it is aldente.
- While boiling the pasta, make the cream cheese sauce for pasta:Add olive oil to a skillet or pot, then add chopped onions. Saute the onions till translucent and fragrant before adding minced garlic. Stir and fry for 1 minute.
- Add Italian seasoning, black pepper, stock cube and salt.
- Add cream cheese, and 1 cup pasta water and stir it till the cream cheese is melted to a smooth consistency.
- Add parmesan, stir, and simmer untill it's melted then add boiled pasta. Mix till all is well combined.Garnish with parsley.Take off the heat and serve.
Notes
- If you have leftover chicken, fish, or steak, you can add it to the sauce. I would add it before adding in spaghetti.
- If you want to cook raw meat and add it to the sauce, you can do this by pan frying the chicken, fish, or beef in the pan and then using the same pan to cook the cream cheese sauce.
- Instead of Italian seasoning, you can substitute it with cajun seasoning, or all-purpose seasoning. You can also add herbs of your choice. I like to add a little extra parsley.
- Cream cheese pasta sauce is best served as soon as it's cooked.
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