Looking for a simple, delicious and quick dinner idea? This linguine with lemon garlic butter and chives fit perfectly. In the time it takes to cook the pasta, you can have a flavorful garlic butter ready to go. Now wasn’t that quick and easy!
Simple Linguine with Lemon Garlic Butter
 
I had some left over pasta and tried it with a quick Alfredo Sauce as well.
Simple Linguine with Lemon Garlic Butter
Quick and Easy meal, that will leave your family wanting more!
Ingredients
- 1 package of fresh linguine, or boxed kind
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1.5 tbsp minced garlic or 2 fair sized garlic cloves
- salt- tt
- ground black pepper-tt
- 1 lemon (zest)
- 2 tbsp minced chives
- 1/4 cup shaved Parmesan cheese or Asiago
Instructions
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook the linguine to al dente or longer if you prefer softer pasta. If using fresh pasta will only take 1-3 minutes so watch carefully.
- Meanwhile, heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add your butter, cook until melted, then add the garlic, salt, and ground black pepper. Turn heat to low while sweating out your garlic for 2 to 3 minutes.
- When mixture starts to smell fragrant take off heat and stir in lemon zest.
- Drain your pasta, toss with garlic butter, and fold in the chives and Parmesan cheese.
- Finish each dish with a squeeze of lemon, garnish with remaining shaved Parmesan and serve.
I just made this, hubby and I were starving and in a rush (plus an empty fridge). Let me tell you, it was fast, easy, and delicious! I skipped the chives because I didn’t have them but it was delicious nonetheless! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks! I’m glad you and your hubby liked it 🙂
I just found this and I am about ot make it because my fridge is empty as well. Haha I cant wait to try it
Thanks Ruth, I hope you enjoy re-creating this recipe 🙂 It is a really easy dish to make with next to no ingredients
What do you mean 1 lemon zest? Is that 1 tsp, 1 tablespoon, or one whole lemon?
zest from 1 lemon, get as much zest as you can from a medium sized lemon
You should cook the pasta longer El dante is really bad.
To each their own, you can cook for longer 🙂
I just make this and it was delicious!!!
I made this as a side dish and it was delicious! The fresh chives and squirt of lemon at the end make all the difference. Yum!