Buttered al dente noodles with extra wide egg noodles spiced with garlic and black pepper is perfect, easy to make, quick and easy meal or side dish if you love egg noodles and you can quickly make this on stove top just in few minutes time for a quick dinner!
Al dente extra wide egg noodles make a nice, easy, delicious al dente noodles which you can serve with any pasta sauce of your choice for an easy, quick pasta dinner or side dish!
Egg noodles is just delicious with salt, butter, cheese and black pepper & that is why buttered egg noodles (often flavored with garlic) is so popular even if it is such a simple dish!
Also try this easy instant pot buttered egg noodles if you like buttered egg noodles!
You can also add sauce and stir fried veggies, protein or pasta sauce to make the noodles taste more delicious, if you want to tweak the buttered noodles or if you have leftovers from buttered noodles which you want to modify later.
What is al dente noodles?
Al dente means just cooked enough so it is still firm in texture.
The term al dente is usually used to refer pasta & al dente pasta means pasta cooked just enough so it is still firm and not so soft.
For softer pasta, you will need to cook the pasta for couple of minutes more than al dente pasta.
Al dente noodles means the noodles are just cooked enough so they are edible and safe to eat, however, they are not cooked further to be softer in texture.
Just like al dente pasta, al dente noodles taste great as they have chewy texture and great to be used in salads or any noodle recipes.
What is the difference between pasta noodles & egg noodles?
Pasta noodles usually refers to spaghetti noodles, fettucine etc which are made from flour similar to flour used to make pasta and egg noodles contain more eggs in the ingredients and has more of an eggy taste and flavor with a yellow color to it.
Pasta noodles include spaghetti noodles, angel hair pasta noodles etc while egg noodles include noodles like wide egg noodles, extra wide egg noodles, narrow Amish style egg noodles etc!
Extra wide egg noodles
Extra wide egg noodles are popular egg noodles where the noodles are slightly wider than the wide egg noodles. They are short, curled strips very unlike the long noodles, in their shape!
They can be enjoyed just with garlic, butter, olive oil, black pepper etc or you can add cheese, onions, veggies etc and add pasta sauce of your choice.
Extra wide egg noodles make excellent al dente noodles for any meal or you can use them to make salads to enjoy as a sides with dinner.
More easy pasta & noodle recipes:
buttered egg noodles in instant pot
easy lasagna noodles without ricotta cheese
easy baked mac and cheese no boil (without flour)
teriyaki broccoli pasta noodles in instant pot
fried spaghetti noodles with fried egg
How long to boil egg noodles al dente?
Every variety of noodle is different and different types of noodles may have different boiling times, though some noodles may have the same time as well.
Here we use the extra wide egg noodles and we need to boil the noodles for about 6 minutes in boiling water to make al dente noodles.
So here is how you can make easy, buttery and delicious al dente noodles using extra wide egg noodles.
How to make buttered al dente noodles with extra wide egg noodles?
To make easy, delicious buttered al dente noodles with extra wide egg noodles, we use the following ingredients.
ingredients to make buttered al dente noodles
extra wide egg noodles 12 oz
water 4 to 6 quartz
salt as needed
olive oil 1 tablespoon
butter 4 to 6 tablespoons
black pepper 1 teaspoon
garlic 2 to 3 cloves freshly minced or use 1 teaspoon garlic powder
onion powder 1 teaspoon
dried parsley leaves 1 teaspoon
shredded cheese (I use mexican blend or cheddar) 2 cups, optional
pasta sauce 2 cups (marinara or any pasta sauce of your choice), optional
Step by step instructions
To cook al dente noodles:
Add water to a large pot or saucepan and bring the water to a boil.
Once the water is boiling well, carefully add the extra wide egg noodles.
Also add salt and olive oil, stir and cook in medium to high heat for 6 minutes (check the package directions to see the cooking time they suggest for making al dente noodles, if it is different than 6 minutes, then follow the instructions in the package).
Make sure to keep the timer on, so you do not overcook the noodles.
Stir the noodles a couple of times, while the noodles is cooking.
Once the timer goes off, gently stir the noodles, see if it’s cooked (it will further soften as it cools down), and turn off the heat.
Carefully drain the remaining hot water from the pot and transfer the cooked al dente noodles to a different bowl or you can transfer it to a large skillet or pan for making a meal out of the al dente noodles.
To make buttered noodles from al dente noodles:
Melt butter in a large skillet or pan and add the garlic and stir fry.
Aslo add the noodles and onion powder and stir fry for about a minute (if you have already added the noodles to the skillet, you can also add the butter and garlic directly to the noodles and then heat to stir fry the contents together).
Add the dried parsley leaves and black pepper powder, gently mix in to combine with the noodles, serve hot!
If using the shredded cheese, you can add that too and mix in with the noodles.
Also sprinkle more black pepper if you like!
Also, if you wish to add any pasta sauce (if you do not like the slight eggy flavor of egg noodles, adding a little sauce can change that!), add that too and mix with the noodles.
Serve the egg noodles hot or you can store any leftovers in the refrigerator and reheat in the microwave or stove top as needed!
Below you can get the recipe for buttered al dente noodles using extra wide egg noodles in detail.
Al Dente Noodles – Buttered Extra Wide Egg Noodles
Ingredients
- 12 oz extra wide egg noodles (equivalent to about 3 cups of dry noodles)
- 6 quartz water
- salt as needed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 tablespoons butter to 6 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic freshly minced or use 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley leaves
- 2 cups shredded cheese I use mexican blend or cheddar, optional
- 2 cups pasta sauce marinara or any pasta sauce of your choice, optional
Instructions
To cook al dente noodles:
- Add water to a large pot or saucepan and bring the water to a boil.
- Once the water is boiling well, carefully add the extra wide egg noodles.
- Also add salt and olive oil, stir and cook in medium to high heat for 6 minutes (check the package directions to see the cooking time they suggest for making al dente noodles, if it is different than 6 minutes, then follow the instructions in the package).
- Make sure to keep the timer on, so you do not overcook the noodles.
- Stir the noodles a couple of times, while the noodles is cooking.
- Once the timer goes off, gently stir the noodles, see if it's cooked (it will further soften as it cools down), and turn off the heat.
- Carefully drain the remaining hot water from the pot and transfer the cooked al dente noodles to a different bowl or you can transfer it to a large skillet or pan for making a meal out of the al dente noodles.
To make buttered noodles from al dente noodles:
- Melt butter in a large skillet or pan and add the garlic and stir fry.
- Aslo add the noodles and onion powder and stir fry for about a minute (if you have already added the noodles to the skillet, you can also add the butter and garlic directly to the noodles and then heat to stir fry the contents together).
- Add the dried parsley leaves and black pepper powder, gently mix in tocombine with the noodles, serve hot!
- If using the shredded cheese, you can add that too and mix in with the noodles.Also you can sprinkle more black pepper powder if you like!
- Also, if you wish to add any pasta sauce (if you do not like the slight eggy flavor of egg noodles, adding a little sauce can change that!), add that too and mix with the noodles.
- Serve the egg noodles hot or you can store any leftovers in the refrigerator and reheat in the microwave or stove top as needed!
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