Chicken Sausage & Mushroom Cavatappi
with Scallions & Parmesan
- Wheat
- Milk
If you’re mad for mushrooms, a fan of fungi, or crazy for creminis, this pasta will treat you right: it’s loaded with ’shroom slices. They’re the flavor backbone of this recipe, bringing all those deep, earthy flavors that you know and love. We’ve added springy cavatappi spirals, a creamy garlic herb sauce, and a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese (mushrooms, pasta, and dairy are pretty much best friends, after all). Get ready for this umami bomb to make waves at your dinner table.
Ingredients
8 ounce
Button Mushrooms
2 unit
Scallions
6 ounce
Cavatappi Pasta
(Contains: Wheat)
1 tablespoon
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
6.75 ounce
Milk
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Garlic Herb Butter
(Contains: Milk)
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
9 ounce
Italian Chicken Sausage Mix
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
2 teaspoon
Olive Oil
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • Trim and slice mushrooms into ¼-inch-thick pieces. (Skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!) Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.
Pat chicken dry with paper towels; season with salt and pepper. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken or sausage and cook, stirring frequently, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and slightly crispy, 5-7 minutes. • Turn off heat; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Wash out pan.
Use pan used for chicken or sausage here.
• Once water is boiling, add cavatappi to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes. • Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain.
• While pasta cooks, melt 2 TBSP plain butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for mushrooms over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and cook until just softened, 1 minute. • Add flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. • Whisk in milk and 1⁄3 cup reserved pasta cooking water (½ cup for 4), breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes.
• Stir cream cheese into pan with sauce until melted and combined. • Stir in mushrooms, drained cavatappi, and garlic herb butter. Season with salt and pepper. TIP: If needed, stir in more reserved cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce.
Stir in chicken or sausage along with mushrooms.
• Divide pasta between bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan and scallion greens. Serve.
Chicken Sausage is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the creamy mushroom sauce, though some found it a bit bland; adding the chicken sausage boosted flavor for most 🍄
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy for most, but a few found it time-consuming; pre-reading instructions helps streamline the process
- Suggestions: Consider adding veggies like broccoli, peas, or spinach for color and nutrition; some recommend extra seasoning or hot sauce
- Portions: Generous servings; many had enough for leftovers or even a third meal
- Texture: Some prefer more sauce; try reserving extra pasta water to adjust consistency as needed
Reviews from our home cooks
Fabulous meal! The cream sauce with the mushrooms is so tasty. It is an excellent blend of flavors on the pasta.
The mushrooms are so good in this and who doesn't like pasta and as always anything with your chicken sausage is delicious!
Good amount of food, flavorful, perfect amount of sauce, mushrooms add a nice touch & texture. One of my favs
Very delicious! The sauce comes together very quickly though so make sure you have the recipe in front of you with all ingredients lined up, ready to go.
Chicken sausage was too overpowering but the entire meal is delicious. Next time I'm ordering double mushrooms!
Family fave! Pasta, cheese and mushrooms!! The sausage added a great flavor as well. Top of our list!!
We considered ordering this meal in the past but finally took the leap this week and tried it, and we were pleasantly surprised! Pro tip: stir in a liberal amount of hot sauce--gives it some wonderful flavor!
Nice, big portions (this ended up being 3 meals instead of 2), and lots of ingredients I liked, but this took a while to make, dirtied a lot of dishes, and needed more spices than what the recipe listed.
Added some frozen peas for color and served with a salad. Not many folks would order this in a restaurant without also ordering a salad.
Would love this with garlic bread and a vegetable. It's very good just not enough to round out a meal.
