Chicken Sausage & Mushroom Cavatappi

🥘 Ingredients

• Italian chicken sausage mix
  18 oz
• Parmesan cheese
  6 tbsp
• butter
  4 tbsp
• button mushrooms
  1 lb
• cavatappi pasta
  12 oz
• cooking oil
  1 tsp
• cream cheese
  4 tbsp
• flour
  2 tbsp
• garlic herb butter
  4 tbsp
• milk
  13.5 oz
• olive oil
  2 tsp
• paper towels
• pepper
• salt
• scallions
  4 unit

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• large pan
• large pan
• whisk

1. 

   1

   Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry all produce.
2. 

   2

   Trim and slice button mushrooms into 1/4-inch-thick pieces. (Skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!) Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.

   button mushrooms: 1 lb, scallions: 4 unit
3. 

   3

   Pat Italian chicken sausage mix dry with paper towels ; season with salt and pepper . Heat a drizzle of cooking 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.

   Italian chicken sausage mix: 18 oz, paper towels, salt, pepper, cooking oil: 1 tsp
4. 

   4

   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.

   olive oil: 2 tsp
5. 

   5

   Turn off heat; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Wash out pan.
6. 

   6

   Use pan used for chicken or sausage here.
7. 7

   Once water is boiling, add cavatappi pasta to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes.

   cavatappi pasta: 12 oz
8. 8

   Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain.
9. 9

   While pasta cooks, melt butter (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 minutes .

   butter: 4 tbsp
10. 10

    Add flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes.

    flour: 2 tbsp
11. 11

    Using a whisk , whisk in milk and 1/3 cup reserved pasta cooking water (1/2 cup for 4), breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes.

    milk: 13.5 oz
12. 12

    Stir cream cheese into pan with sauce until melted and combined.

    cream cheese: 4 tbsp
13. 13

    Stir in mushrooms, drained cavatappi pasta , 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.

    cavatappi pasta, garlic herb butter: 4 tbsp
14. 14

    Stir in chicken or sausage along with mushrooms.
15. 15

    Divide pasta between bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and scallion greens. Serve.

    Parmesan cheese: 6 tbsp
16. 16

    Chicken Sausage is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.