This easy (6 ingredient!) Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo is a great way to save some money and make a delicious dinner at home this week!
EASY Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe – Just 6 Ingredients!
My kids all LOVE Fettuccine Alfredo. I wanted to come up with an easy Alfredo recipe that they would enjoy. (Olive Garden's Fettuccine Alfredo has always been one of their favorites!).
Olive Garden does have their Olive Garden specials that are available, but we still don't go out to dinner at a restaurant very often. So I found this Alfredo recipe and thought it could be a great meal to make at home.
It came out perfect!
Years ago, my youngest even pronounced it “better than Tellini's” (which is where they used to get their Alfredo fix ~ back when they had Kids Eat Free days!)
It doesn't require any fancy ingredients, and after making it I won't be buying prepared Alfredo Sauce every again. It's just so easy to do it at home!
How Do You Make Homemade Alfredo Sauce?
Alfredo sauce is one of those things that seems somewhat daunting when you first think about making it. However, it's really quite easy! You'll need butter, cream cheese, heavy cream, and your seasonings. And it's SO good!
Olive Garden Fettucine Alfredo
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 tbsp cream cheese
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- salt
- black pepper
- 2/3 cup grated parmesan we like the Digiorno brand in the deli
- 1 lb fettuccine noodles cooked
Instructions
- Melt butter in stovetop over low heat.
- Once butter has melted, add cream cheese until it softens.
- Then add heavy cream.
- Add garlic powder, as well as salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring constantly over low heat.
- Remove from heat & stir in Parmesan cheese ~ will thicken a small bit while standing.
- Serve on hot fettucine noodles.
So, instead of heading out for dinner this week, pinch a few pennies and try out a restaurant meal at home. Serve it up with a side salad, a loaf of homemade bread, and maybe even this Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli soup . . .Yum!
Ohh! Thank you! I love Alfredo sauce but it is just too complicated so I always but the stuff in jars (with all the preservatives!-Yuck!). I can’t wait to try this recipe! SO easy!!!!
Recipe looks delicious! Instead of heavy cream, would i be able to use a lower fat alternative? such as half & half? Thank you
I think that would work fine Jennifer – the sauce may be a little thinner but should still work!
No. Absolutely not.
I use whole or two percent milk and it works fine
Add a tablespoon flour to your half and half when it is cold then add.
Does any no how much this makes
Enough to serve 5-6 Raychel – hope that helps! 🙂
Like 5-6 cups do you think and thank it does I’m making it for dinner tonight and need to know
How many servings does this make approximately? I’m looking to feed a group of 6 – 10 so wondering if I should double this recipe.
But in a carton
But in a carton
Hi Michael! Look for heavy cream (also called heavy whipping cream) in the refrigerated section at your grocery. Hope that helps!
Whipped cream
Whipped cream
Ok… I don't cook much, so what is heavy cream?
Ok… I don't cook much, so what is heavy cream?
It is heavy cream! You find it in the milk Isle.
Your recipes are amazing. Rarely do I make so many dinners and brunches off one site! Now I copy them off and make a books for my daughter so she can make dinners that make us proud! Keep up the great work!
Made this today and it was delicious!!!!! My husband and I love it!!! I’m definitely not going to be buying the alfredo sauce in the jars anymore!! Thanks for sharing!!!
So glad you liked it ~ it’s so easy to make at home!
I really like your site. I am going to come back more often.
Pasta dishes in restaurants are way OVER priced! I make my own Alfredo sauce as well!
They definitely are when pasta is so inexpensive – love that you make your own sauce too! 🙂
I love olive garden and I love fettuccine alfredo!! Thanks for sharing this recipe, I will have to make this soon! Ty for linking up to Thrifty Thursday!
Thanks so much for the opportunity to link up Ruth! 🙂
Oh my gosh, Laurie! This looks heavenly, my mouth is totally watering right now! I’ll be trying this soon!
It was sooo good, but I meant to say in the post that the sauce doesn’t thicken up too much (I thought it would have!) Delicious though – let me know if you try it, Angela! 🙂