Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta with Sausage


Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta with Sausage
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • ½ tsp dried Oregano
  • 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
  • 6 oz andouille sausage, thinly sliced
Pasta
  • 10 ounces fettuccine pasta
  • 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • ½ yellow onion, thinly sliced
  • 4 tsp Cajun seasoning
  • ½ cup crushed tomatoes
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • ⅔ cup Grated Parmesan 
  • 1 tbsp parsley, chopped
Instructions
  1. Toss shrimp with salt, Cajun seasoning, pepper and Oregano, and coat well. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and drizzle bottom of pan with olive oil.
  2. 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 to 5 minutes. Remove to plate, set aside. 
  3. Add pasta to salted boiling water and cook until al dente.
  4. Lower heat to medium and add a bit more olive oil to the pan, add the red bell pepper, onion, brown sugar, Cajun seasoning 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.
  5. Add chicken broth, crushed tomatoes and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan, simmer a couple minutes.
  6. 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 to 3 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste and then lastly, add shrimp.
  7. Serve with chopped parsley on the top.
This article and recipe adapted from this site!

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