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Sour Cream Pasta with Chives (Copycat Pasta Roni Recipe)

Erica
Sour Cream Pasta with Chives has a creamy sour cream pasta sauce and angel hair pasta completely reminiscent of boxed Pasta Roni, but with real ingredients and ready just as quickly. This pasta roni recipe is kid-friendly and family-approved for easy weeknight cooking.
3.55 from 11 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 308 kcal

Ingredients
 

Instructions
 

  • Bring a pot of water to a boil.
  • In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. Cook 1 minute. Whisk in the milk and cook, stirring constantly, 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the sour cream, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and chives.
  • Add the angel hair pasta to the pot of boiling water and cook, according to package directions, only to al dente (this will only be 2 minutes - don't go further or the pasta will come out gummy). Drain quickly, reserving ½ cup pasta water, and add the pasta to the sour cream and chive sauce. Taste for seasoning.
  • Serve immediately because this will thicken quite a bit when it cools. If pasta thickens too much, add some of the reserved pasta water to loosen it back up.

Notes

I find that once cooked, this recipe needs another pinch of salt, but not enough for me to up the amount from ¼ to ½ tsp in the instruction. Simply taste for seasoning and adjust for your palate.

Nutrition

Calories: 308kcal (15%) | Carbohydrates: 48g (16%) | Protein: 11g (22%) | Fat: 85g (131%) | Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 20mg (7%) | Sodium: 167mg (7%) | Potassium: 254mg (7%) | Fiber: 2g (8%) | Sugar: 5g (6%)

Calorie count is purely an estimate calculated using an online application to serve as a guide and not to be taken as accurate nutritional information. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Keyword pasta roni angel hair, pasta with sour cream, sour cream and chive, sour cream pasta sauce
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