Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, cajun-inspired shrimp & sausage. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cajun-Inspired Shrimp & Sausage is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Cajun-Inspired Shrimp & Sausage is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cajun-inspired shrimp & sausage using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun-Inspired Shrimp & Sausage:
- Prepare a medium yellow onion, minced
- Take garlic, minced
- Make ready butter at first, plus 1 to 2 Tablespoons butter to thicken sauce later
- Take oil
- Get tomatoes, cut into a 1/4-inch dice
- Prepare the zest of a lemon
- Prepare Andouille or other smoked sausage, cut into 1/4" thick slices (They usually come in 12 to 13.5 ounce packages, so ~ half.)
- Prepare cayenne, depending on how hot you like things
- Take black pepper
- Make ready kosher salt (depending on how salty the sausage you use and how salty you like your food)
- Make ready shrimp (I recommend at least a 21/25 count)
- Make ready +1/4 cups unsalted chicken stock
- Prepare green onions chopped for garnish
- Take lemon wedges
Instructions 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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