Cajun Shrimp Pasta w/ Sausage-CC
Main Dish • Dairy, Pasta, Seafood, Shrimp, Vegetable
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Ingredients
- 1 lbs large shrimp, peeled, deveined & tails removed
- Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning or Creole seasoning
- ½ teaspoon dried Oregano
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- 6 oz andouille sausage or smoked sausage, thinly sliced
- 10 ounces fettuccine pasta
- ½ yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 4 teaspoons Cajun seasoning or Creole seasoning
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- ½ cup crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ⅔ cup Grated Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
Directions
- Toss shrimp with salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning and Oregano, and coat well. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and drizzle bottom of pan with olive oil.
- Add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes. Flip shrimp over and cook another minute or two. Then remove to a plate and set aside. Drizzle pan with a little more olive oil, add sausage and brown until nicely caramelized, about 4 – 5 minutes. Remove to plate, set aside.
- Add pasta to salted boiling water and cook until al dente.
- Lower heat to medium and add a bit more olive oil to the pan, add the onion, red bell pepper, Cajun seasoning, brown sugar, and a generous pinch of salt. Sauté until onion and pepper have softened a bit, scraping up any browned bits that you can. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add crushed tomatoes, chicken stock and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan, simmer a couple minutes.
- Once simmering, add Parmesan and stir into sauce. When Parmesan is blended in, add cooked pasta and sausage and stir to combine and heat through, 2 – 3 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste and then lastly, add shrimp.
- Serve with chopped parsley.
