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Great recipe for Cajun-Inspired Shrimp & Sausage. We love to eat this smoky, spicy shrimp and sausage with head-on, peel and eat shrimp because we're big on headfat and all the extra flavor you get from cooking the shrimp in its shell. Place the shrimp on top along with the remaining Cajun seasoning, and replace the lid.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cajun-inspired shrimp & sausage using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun-Inspired Shrimp & Sausage:
- Take 1/2 a medium yellow onion, minced
- Get 6 cloves garlic, minced
- Get 2 Tablespoons butter at first, plus 1 to 2 Tablespoons butter to thicken sauce later
- Get 1 Tablespoon oil
- Get 3 tomatoes, cut into a 1/4-inch dice
- Make ready the zest of a lemon
- Make ready 6 oz. Andouille or other smoked sausage, cut into 1/4" thick slices (They usually come in 12 to 13.5 ounce packages, so ~ half.)
- Get 1-4 teaspoons cayenne, depending on how hot you like things
- Prepare 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Make ready 1/2-1 teaspoon kosher salt (depending on how salty the sausage you use and how salty you like your food)
- Get 2.5 pounds shrimp (I recommend at least a 21/25 count)
- Make ready 1 +1/4 cups unsalted chicken stock
- Get 2 green onions chopped for garnish
- Take lemon wedges
Add the shrimp to pan with the sausage. From quick and easy bowls and plates (like these Shrimp Fajita Bowls, Sheet Pan Shrimp and Vegetables with Rice, and Shortcut Shrimp Paella) to Cajun-inspired suppers (we love this Jambalaya with Shrimp and Andouille Sausage and this Shrimp and Chicken Gumbo), you're going to want to bookmark this collection of shrimp recipes with rice. Cajun spiced shrimp, juicy andouille sausage, asparagus, potatoes, and corn make up a delicious flavorful meal in minutes. First thing's first: you will need a really really big pot.
Steps to make Cajun-Inspired Shrimp & Sausage:
- In a large pan or pot, melt 2 Tablespoons of butter with 1 Tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, tomatoes and lemon zest and saute until the onions are translucent.
- Turn the heat up to medium high, add sausage, cayenne, salt and pepper, and saute until the sausages are lightly browned on both sides.
- Add the shrimp, chicken stock, and 1 Tablespoon of butter and stir to scrape all the fond from the pan and distribute all the ingredients and seasonings evenly.
- Let the shrimp cook for 4 or 5 minutes before stirring again to redistribute them and cook another 5 to 7 minutes, or until all the shrimp just turn orange from cooking through, no longer.
- Serve sprinkled with chopped green onion and some steamed rice or crusty bread on the side to enjoy all that delicious resulting sauce and soppage. Lemon wedges on the side if you like a little extra tang with your shrimp like we do.
- Enjoy! :)
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