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Dive into this lusciously creamy Garlic Butter Steak Alfredo that’s loaded with parmesan. This is the perfect elegant and indulgent dinner that only takes 30 minutes to make!

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If you love steak recipes, you’ll adore my Steak Loaded Baked Potato, Cast Iron Steak with Cognac Sauce, Garlic Butter Steak Bites with Parmesan Cream Sauce, or my Smothered Steak and Gravy.

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Why You’ll Love Garlic Butter Steak Alfredo

This is an easy meal only requiring 30 minutes to throw together. Plus, it’s an elevated step above the typical chicken dinner. The parmesan alfredo sauce is rich, creamy, and perfect for sinking some garlic breadsticks into.

creamy steak fettuccini alfredo in a pan

Its good enough to serve to guests or for a fancy dinner at home (like Valentine’s day, anniversary or even just a hearty weekend dinner). This garlic butter steak alfredo is a spin on my popular Garlic Butter Steak Bites with Parmesan Cream Sauce.

Key Ingredients

ingredients needed for this steak alfredo

This garlic butter steak alfredo uses straight forward ingredients as with most of my pasta recipes. Simple, delicious and decadent!

Steak – choose your favorite cut of steak for this recipe. Since we don’t cook steak often, I prefer to splurge on a quality cut when I make it. Tenderloin, Ribeye, NY Strip, and Top Sirloin are all good choices (in order of preference).

Pasta – Fettuccini is the classic choice since this is an alfredo recipe. You can also use linguini, spaghetti, bucatini, or angel hair.

Dairy – we’ll be using butter, heavy cream, half and half, and parmesan – all the good stuff!

Seasonings – I use my own seasoning blend for the steak and the alfredo sauce, listed below in the recipe card.

Herbs – lots of fresh garlic (not the jarred kind) and green onions.

Avocado Oil – this is an important ingredient as we’ll need an oil with a high smoke point for cooking the steak to avoid the oil burning off. Olive oil is not a good choice.

How to Make Garlic Butter Steak Alfredo

Season and Cook Steak

Cut steak in 2-3″ pieces, rub with avocado oil and season liberally. Cook them in a large skillet over medium-high heat flipping just once until your desired doneness.

Set them aside in a bowl, reduce the heat to low and add butter and garlic, cooking for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add steak back in, tossing in the garlic butter. Then set aside in a bowl tented with foil.

seasoned steak frying in a pan
steak bites being tossed in butter and garlic

Cook the Parmesan Alfredo Sauce

In the same pan add more butter and remaining garlic, sautéing until fragrant. Add in the heavy cream, half & half and seasonings. Simmer and reduce about 3-4 minutes.

While preparing the sauce, bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles.

To the cream sauce add in the parmesan and whisk until smooth and thickened. Remove from the heat and add green onions.

making alfredo sauce in a pan with seasoning
adding parmesan to the alfredo sauce in a pan

Assemble the Steak Alfredo

Drain the fettuccini and add it into the alfredo sauce, tossing until it’s evenly coated. Top it with the steak bites, additional green onions and a sprinkling of parmesan.

fettuccini alfredo in a pan
garlic butter steak piled on top of parmesan alfredo sauce and fettuccini

Tips and Modifications

  • Not a steak person? Swap it for chicken, salmon or shrimp – following the same cooking method, including tossing them in garlic butter.
  • Grab a quality parmesan. Opt for parmesan on the rhine that you grate by hand (I love this Olive Garden style grater)
  • Fresh garlic is a must! The jarred or tube kind doesn’t cut it. Since this is a recipe where there are simple ingredients, the garlic is important and needs to shine.
  • Add Gorgonzola – it pairs so well with steak and alfredo!
  • Pair this with tossed garden salad, zuppa toscana soup, and garlic breadsticks.
bowl of garlic butter steak

Which Steak to Use

Grabbing a quality steak is important for this recipe. It’s not appetizing to have to chew, and chew…. and chew. When we make steak recipes, we like to splurge on a better quality cut so we can really enjoy decadent tender steak.

I also buy USDA Choice or Prime when available. I highly recommend Costco for steak, they offer much better prices and have great quality.

Try one of these cuts (in order of preference):

  • Filet / Tenderloin
  • Ribeye
  • New York Strip
  • Top Sirloin
steak alfredo in a pan

FAQ’s

How to Store steak alfredo

Allow the pasta to cool fully, place in an airtight container and refrigerator.

How to Reheat steak alfredo

To reheat, place your desired portion in a bowl along with a splash of broth, water or milk. Reheat until warmed through (about 1 1/2 – 2 minutes). The added liquid will help to rehydrate the pasta.

What are temperatures for cooking steak

Rare: 120–125°F
Medium rare: 130–135°F
Medium: 140–145°F
Medium well: 150–155°F
Well done: 160–165°F

can i use gluten free pasta

Yes, absolutely. You can swap out the standard pasta with your preferred gluten free option.

Looking for More Steak Recipes?

Check out these popular steak recipes that other readers love:

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I hope you enjoyed this recipe for my Garlic Butter Steak with Parmesan Alfredo. Be sure to comment below with any questions or feedback!

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Garlic Butter Steak with Parmesan Alfredo

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Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Dive into this lusciously creamy Garlic Butter Steak Alfredo that's loaded with parmesan. This is the perfect elegant and indulgent dinner that only takes 30 minutes to make!
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Ingredients 

  • 2 lbs steak filet, ribeye, sirloin, etc.
  • 2 tablespoons steak seasoning, divided seasoning recipe is in the notes
  • 1 lb. dry fettucini noodles
  • 4-5 tablespoons avocado oil this has a higher smoke point than olive oil
  • 6 tablespoons butter divided
  • 10 cloves garlic minced and divided
  • 1.5 cups heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup half and half
  • 1/2 tsp freshly cracked pepper
  • 2 green onions diced green and white parts
  • 1 cup parmesan freshly grated

Instructions 

  • Cut steak in 2-3" pieces, rub with avocado oil and season liberally, reserving 2 teaspoons of seasoning for alfredo sauce.
  • Heat a large skillet to medium-high and add 3 tablespoons avocado oil. Cook them a few minutes per side flipping just once (cook time is according to your preferred doneness – see notes for steak temps).
  • Set the steak aside in a bowl, reduce the heat to low and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon minced garlic, cook for 1 minute or until fragrant.
  • Add steak back in and toss in the garlic butter. Then set aside back into a bowl, cover with tented foil.
  • Before preparing the sauce, bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles.
  • In the same pan with residual butter, add 4 tablespoons butter and remaining garlic, sautéing until fragrant. Add in the heavy cream, half & half and 2 teaspoons of steak seasoning. Simmer and reduce about 3-4 minutes.
  • To the cream sauce add in the grated parmesan and whisk until smooth and thickened. Remove from the heat and add green onions. Taste and adjust if needed.
  • Drain the fettuccini and add it into the alfredo sauce, tossing until it's evenly coated. Top it with the garlic coated steak bites, along with a sprinkle of extra green onions and parmesan if desired.

Notes

** Don’t add salt to the alfredo sauce until the end after the parmesan is added. It contains sodium so it’s easier to add more salt once it’s finished than to make it too salty.
My Favorite Steak Seasoning
2 tablespoons smoked paprika regular paprika works too
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 teaspoons cayenne powder
2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
Internal temperature chart:
  • Rare: 120–125°F
  • Medium rare: 130–135°F
  • Medium: 140–145°F
  • Medium well: 150–155°F
  • Well done: 160–165°F

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 1371kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 69g | Fat: 74g | Saturated Fat: 51g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 399g | Cholesterol: 401mg | Sodium: 672mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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5 Comments

  1. Kim Nichols says:

    @badbatchbaking I made this tonight and was super confused bc the seasonings are called “steak seasoning.” So I seasoned the steak with the ‘your favorite steak seasoning’. But then it said to add ‘seasonings’ at another part of the recipe but I had no seasoning bc I put the steak seasoning on the steak…..I ended up making up the steak seasoning again and adding it to the sauce but then it was doubled seasoned and thus overly spicy. How was I supposed to do it to make it correct? Please help!

     
    1. Mallory Austin says:

      Hi Kim – I am really sorry for this not being more clear. I have updated the instructions. The 1.5-2 tablespoons of steak seasoning is intended to be divided. most on the steak reserving 2 teaspoons for the sauce for extra flavor. I have cleared this up and I’m very disappointed to hear this turned out overly seasoned.

       
  2. Shaun A Belflower says:

    while I haven’t made this one steak Alfredos are always a great choice. I like to add some crumbled Bleu cheese over my steak Alfredos

     
    1. Mallory Austin says:

      Absolutely! We’ll add blue cheese or gorgonzola – so delicious! I think you will love this one.

       
  3. Mallory Austin says:

    5 stars
    This one is a must-make!