Brown Butter Mushroom Pasta
Whip this up in less than 30 min. So buttery, so garlicky, and so easy! Loaded with thyme mushrooms and toasted breadcrumbs!
This is basically going to be my dinner every single night for the rest of my life.
I mean, let’s take a look at this lineup here.
Toasted golden brown breadcrumbs.
Perfectly sauteed garlicky-thyme mushrooms.
Lots and lots of pasta.
All sitting in a pool of brown butter.
It’s pretty epic. It’s also super simple, quick and fast to whip up. It doesn’t require too many ingredients, and it’s pretty much fool-proof because no one will be turning down this butter sauce. And I mean no-one.
So be sure to serve this with crusty bread, a glass of wine and one fork. Because maybe we don’t feel like sharing this one tonight. That’s just my two cents.
Brown Butter Mushroom Pasta
Ingredients
- 8 ounces spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ cup fresh French style breadcrumbs
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 ounces cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add breadcrumbs and cook, stirring, until browned and toasted, about 3-5 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.
- Melt butter in the skillet over low heat, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the butter starts to foam. Add garlic to the skillet, and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in mushrooms and thyme, and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender and browned, about 3-5 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve pasta immediately, topped with mushroom-butter mixture and breadcrumbs, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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So simple, yet so tasty! The breadcrumbs really give a nice touch <3
I *did* add some grilled chicken and a red bell pepper, but mainly because I had them and wanted to use them before they went bad.
Thanks for another hit for dinner!!!
I haven’t made yet but if I want to use 1lb pasta and 1 lb mushrooms would you recommend I use 16 tablespoons butter? That just seems crazy. Also mushrooms let out a ton of water, it would take me closer to 15 minutes to cook it all out. Am I not supposed to cook out the water?
I used the sauce part of this recipe to serve over mushroom raviolis. It was absolutely delicious! Thanks Chungah!
You have given me the right direction before I have made pasta but it was sticky and become in a ball shape. I will try this recipe.
Lip smacking good! It all disappeared in minutes – and Im definitely going to get requests to make it again very soon! Wonder though if I can replace some of that butter with olive oil so i dont feel so guilty!
Like they said it’s “fool proof “, after all I made it and the boys ate it. I had onions and pancetta already going when I came across it and I just added this to it. It works well.
-Saluté!
Came out great. Even tried it with the lemon one of the other reviewers suggested. Some parmesiano regiano was nice as well. Not dry in any way, shape or form.
I have made this several times and it is one of my favorite pasta dishes!
This was the perfect dinner for us last night. Served with homemade no-knead bread and a salad!
I only had white button mushrooms and panko but that didn’t change how delicious it was – and it heated up nicely for lunch today!
I reduced the bread crumb amount to 1/4 cup and we still had plenty leftover after we sprinkled it on top of the plated pasta. It was a great addition – loved the added texture and flavor.
This is SO GOOD! We’ve already had it twice this week. It’s made social distancing feel more like cozy nights in. Tonight I added some white wine to the butter sauce, and it was amazing! Loving this simple recipe!
OUTSTANDING! Both my husband and I have put this on our weekly menu now!
Delicious! I also added artichokes and squeeze of lemon on top. But it is tasty as-is. My family requested I make it again the for next two days.
Thinking about trying this using morels instead. Might add chicken as well. Will update once I do!
This was simply quick, easy and tasted better than I had anticipated. The breadcrumbs are the key…so damn good.
Wonderful recipe! My very picky vegetarian husband said, “Let’s save this recipe”, which means a lot! I do recommend a little grating of truffle gouda on top!
Made this last night and it was so good and SO EASY to make! I used panko crumbs and sprinkled them onto my plate. Love the crunch! I didn’t have any problems with the sauce being dry
I just whipped this dish up on a whim and it is spectacular! The recipe is definitely damn delicious. It was perfect because I already had the ingredients here already and on a rainy day, pasta is just so comforting. I usually get a bit unsure on how dishes turn out on the first attempt, but I believe this one was executed perfectly. The bread crumbs are amazing!
May I know if this can be prepared and stay at the buffet table for 2 hours without drying out? I’m preparing for a party next week and I’m quite nervous that it’ll be very dry. Will this keep well ?
This is truly best when served immediately.
Loved the bread crumbs! We added mini tomatoes and it was delicious!
What a great addition, Manuela! 🙂
Added more olive oil, water and salt because mine came out a little dry too. Mixed it up after that it looked more like the picture . I also used bow tie noodles so maybe that altered the recipe a bit . Pretty good (:
Thanks !
Is this a french pasta? Just asking 🙂
New to your page and I loved your shrimp scampi with zucchini noodles! If I was to make this without actual spaghetti (i’m trying to eat less carbs) what kind of zoodles do you think would taste best with this sauce – zucchini noodles or spaghetti squash? Or is there another vegetable noodle that you would recommend?
I’m sure either would be great with this, Chrissy! We actually have a shrimp scampi recipe with spaghetti squash here if you are interested! 🙂