Sour Cream Pasta
My Sour Cream Pasta features a creamy and tangy sour cream sauce accented by crisp bacon and green onions. A budget friendly main dish that comes together in less than 30 minutes!
We’re back BABY! The school year is in full swing and that means the whole family is once again busy with sports, work, school activities, and just all around life craziness. Thankfully, I have a recipe to share with you that will make those weeknight dinner routines much more manageable and wholesome than you might think possible! This Sour Cream Pasta recipe is a low mess, no stress dinner that uses easily accessible ingredients and is full of home cooked flavor.
Sour Cream Pasta boasts a simple creamy sauce that will make you think twice about buying pasta sauce out of a jar. (When your homemade cream sauce tastes 10 times better and is just as easy to bring together, your decision will be very easy to make.) With tangy onions, sauteed garlic, and the full flavor of smoky bacon, you cannot go wrong when trying out this new recipe.
If you like Sour Cream Pasta with onion and bacon, I know you will love my Philly Cheesesteak Tortellini and Cheesy Taco Spaghetti! These weeknight dinners will help spice up your concept of pasta dinners and hopefully give you some new opportunities to make budget friendly meals everyone will enjoy.
Great for leftover lunches, fancy family dinners, or just good, home-cooked comfort food, Sour Cream Pasta will soon become a go-to recipe your family will love! Try serving it with my Spinach Feta Beer Bread and roasted vegetables.
What Do I Need To Make Sour Cream Pasta?
- 16 oz linguine or other pasta of your choice
- 8- 10 slices bacon, cut into pieces
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup sour cream, full fat (Don’t skimp out on this! Full fat sour cream will ensure your pasta is creamy and delicious!)
- 1 bunch green onions chopped, white and green parts divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Step by Step Instructions:
3. Add the garlic and white parts of green onion to the skillet and cook for 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
4. Add the flour to the skillet while whisking constantly so it doesn’t clump together or burn. Cook for another minute or two.
5. Add the milk to the pan, whisking thoroughly, and let the sauce thicken.
6. Stir in the sour cream.
7. Add the cooked pasta, reserved bacon, and green onion tops and mix together. If the pasta is too thick, add a bit of the pasta water to thin the sauce until you get the consistency you desire.
That’s it! 7 steps for an easy to make weeknight recipe that will satisfy your whole family in no time!
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Sour Cream Pasta
Ingredients
- 16 oz linguine or other pasta of your choice
- 8- 10 slices bacon (cut into pieces)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup sour cream (full fat)
- 1 bunch green onions chopped (white and green parts divided)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cook the pasta as per package instructions. Drain with a colander and keep aside, but reserve some of the pasta water for loosening the sauce later if needed.
- In a skillet, fry the bacon pieces until crisp. Remove the bacon pieces, but leave the bacon grease in the skillet.
- Add the garlic and white parts of green onion to the skillet and cook for 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
- Add the flour to the skillet while whisking constantly so it doesn’t clump together or burn. Cook for another minute or two.
- Add the milk to the pan, whisking thoroughly, and let the sauce thicken.
- Stir in the sour cream.
- Add the cooked pasta, reserved bacon, and green onion tops and mix together. If the pasta is too thick, add a bit of the pasta water to thin the sauce until you get the consistency you desire.
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I would choose bacon grease for flavor over extra cleanup on a first try. Save pasta water for a thick sauce, and dinner stays wonderfully flexible.
Under 30 minutes makes this useful on sports nights. The sour cream sauce adds enough flavor to replace jarred pasta sauce.
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Sour cream pasta is such an underrated comfort food—creamy, tangy, and ridiculously easy to customize. I love adding garlic, black pepper, herbs, and a little parmesan to balance the richness. It’s the kind of meal that feels cozy after a long gaming session, especially when you’re winding down from something as tense as BLOCK BLAST, an iconic horror game that delivers a truly tense and suspenseful experience. The contrast between warm pasta and spooky gameplay is honestly perfect. Do you prefer your sour cream pasta with vegetables, chicken, or just plenty of cheese?
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The reserved pasta water is a smart detail because it loosens the sour cream sauce without making it watery. I would add it gradually right before serving.
The detail about reserving pasta water to adjust the sauce consistency is clutch—that’s the kind of practical tip that separates a recipe that actually works from one that leaves you frustrated. Most cream sauce recipes gloss over this, but it makes the difference between creamy and gluey.
The reserved pasta water matters because extra milk can make this sauce too thin.
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Sour cream in pasta is unmatched for that rich, comforting flavor!
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I just made it, it was just so good 10/10 highly recommend
I used this and I am only 11 I highly recommend making this my family loved it
Delicious! Just don’t forget to add the spices. It’s not listed in the directions. My husband and I ate 3rds lol
Easy to cook. And delish. Recommend it for a quick meal. I only had light sour cream and it turned out great.