Creamy Cajun Pasta

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. large shrimp

• Salt & Pepper

• 1 tsp Cajun seasoning (SlapYaMama is a great one to use)

• 1/2 tsp dried Oregano

• 2 tbs 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 tsp Cajun seasoning

• 1 tsp brown sugar

• 2-3 cloves garlic (chopped)

• ½ cup crushed tomatoes

• 1 cup chicken broth sodium free

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 2/3 cup Grated Parmesan

• 1 tbsp parsley (chopped)

Directions:

• Toss shrimp with salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning and Oregano, and coat well.  Set aside.

• In a large skillet, drizzle pan with a little 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.

• In the skillet, 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 broth and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan, simmer a couple minutes. 

• While that is simmering, 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.

• Once the sauce is simmering, add Parmesan and stir into sauce. When Parmesan is blended in, add cooked pasta, sausage then stir to combine and heat through, 2 - 3 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste and then lastly, add shrimp.

• Serve with chopped parsley.

Notes:

• Servings = 3

• Original recipe:

  • https://whatsinthepan.com/cajun-shrimp-pasta-sausage/