Garlic Butter Mushroom Pasta is a simple pasta dish that makes for a flavorful weeknight dinner! Spaghetti noodles combine with sauteed mushrooms in a decadent butter garlic sauce!
Mushroom Pasta:
Mushrooms are just one of those foods, either you love them or you hate them! I happen to love them! They are super flavorful all on their own without a lot of extra effort. Everyone in my house loves them too, so this mushroom pasta is a weeknight dinner winner for us! Be sure to also get this Monterey Chicken Spaghetti on your menu, it's so good and really easy!
How to Make Mushroom Pasta:
Pasta with mushrooms only takes about 20 minutes to make. Even less time if you purchase pre-sliced mushrooms.
You will start with cooking your pasta according to the package directions. I always use spaghetti because I just have it on hand. You can use any pasta like linguine, bowtie pasta, fettuccine, etc.
Next, grab a large skillet to saute your mushrooms in. You can use any mushrooms that you like. I have used just your standard white mushrooms, and they are great. My favorite though are probably portabella mushrooms, they have a much stronger savory flavor!
You will saute your mushrooms in about 5 Tablespoons of butter, I prefer to use salted butter for this recipe. That might seem like a lot of butter, but, you really need that much to coat the pasta nicely.
After your mushrooms are nice and soft and brown, you will add your garlic along with salt, pepper. We add the garlic after the mushrooms are sauteed because it only needs about 1 minute to become fragrant and we don't want it to burn as the mushrooms cook.
Once your pasta is cooked you will drain it as usual, but, you will save about ¼ cup of the pasta water to add to the skillet of mushrooms. Add in the pasta water along with the pasta and toss with tongs to combine.
Next, simply top with a helping of shredded or grated parmesan cheese and serve!
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Garlic Butter Mushroom Pasta
Ingredients
- 8 Ounces Pasta
- 12 Ounces Sliced Mushrooms
- 4 Tablespoons Butter, Divided
- 3 Cloves Garlic, Minced
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Pepper
- ½ Cup Grated or Shredded Parmesan Cheese
- Parsley for Serving, Optional
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package directions. When the pasta is finished cooking, reserve about ¼ cup of the pasta water, then drain the rest.
- While the pasta is cooking, melt TWO TABLESPOONS of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sliced mushrooms and cook for 4-5 minutes until they have started to turn golden brown.
- Add the minced garlic to the pan along with the salt and pepper. Cook and stir constantly for one more minute.
- Turn the heat to low and add the remaining two tablespoons of butter, the pasta, reserved pasta water, and parmesan cheese. Toss with tongs to coat.
- Taste the pasta and season more to taste if necessary. Serve immediately.
Notes
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Delicious! We added 1/4 cup of cream and it was fantastic.
This dish was delicious! I served it with homemade garlic breadsticks. My husband loved it and asked me to be sure to save this recipe.
Flavorful dish. I added 1/4 cup more pasta water and another tablespoon of butter as I thought it was a little too dry.
I added leftover roasted chicken a d zucchini, delicious!
I made this last night and was so dang good. My husband and I really loved it. So much flavor. Thank you for the recipe.
Followed the exact recipe and it was delicious! My husband claims to hate mushrooms, he ate 2 plates 😊
I am a relatively novice cook who eats mostly vegetarian. This was easy and delicious! I really appreciate the detailed breakdown of your method; I like know what I am doing, and why I am doing it. I added some red pepper flakes for a bit of a kick. Thanks so much!
I’ve made this several times now, & my son who doesn’t like mushrooms gobbles it up every time. Tonight, I added some thin-cut baby spinach (just letting the hot drained pasta wilt it and topping it with the shroom mixture).
Made this last night for my wife and it was a hit!!! So glad I found this site!!!
Fantastic! Added spinach, Veg chik’n strips, crushed red Chile peppers, sundries tomatoes, and doubled the Parmesan, and doubled the garlic! Fab!!!
Thanks for the additional comments was thinking of any tomatoes and pepper flakes. Glad to see was tried and liked by others.
So delish. Added extra garlic and added some truffle seasoning. Perfection!
This was delish! I added a tomato with the mushrooms. So good and so easy. Will definitely make this again!
Yum yum yummy!! I added crushed red pepper flakes and 5 large garlic cloves!