My easy recipe for Cajun Shrimp and Sausage comes together in just 30 minutes. Packed full of peppers, onions, plump shrimp, and spicy Andouille sausage–this delicious Cajun-inspired meal will be a new go-to easy dinner recipe.
Raise your hand if you love a quick and flavorful dinner? I partnered with my friends at Circulon to create 3 dinner recipes that are perfect for just two people. In all fairness this recipe for Cajun Shrimp and Andouille Skillet Dinner makes enough for 4. You can eat it for dinner and then take it for lunch the next day. This meal reheats beautifully and tastes even better the next day!
Cajun Shrimp and Sausage: Table of contents
Ingredients
- Olive Oil
- Red Onion
- Garlic
- Andouille sausage
- Bell pepper – green, orange, and yellow bell peppers
- Cajun seasoning – I like to use my own homemade Cajun Seasoning recipe.
- Plum tomatoes
- Extra-large shrimp
- Rice
- Fresh parsley
Directions
My Cajun Shrimp & Andouille Skillet Dinner comes together so quickly.
- In a 12-inch skillet, place the olive oil, diced red onion, minced garlic, and Andouille sausage in the skillet. Cook on medium-high heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add in the diced bell pepper and Cajun seasoning. Mix well and cook with the lid on for 5 additional minutes.
- Once the peppers begin to soften, add in the plum tomatoes, mix well and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 5 minutes with the lid off. Then add in the shrimp and cook for 5 minutes with the lid on.
- Divide the rice between 4 plates, then divide the Cajun shrimp and Andouille sausage between the plates. Top each plate with minced fresh parsley, enjoy immediately.
FAQs
Andouille sausage is a type of sausage. It is a pork sausage filled with Cajun spices. This is the type of sausage you will want for this skillet recipe. Other types of sausage is mild or hot Italian sausage, breakfast sausage, chorizo, keilbasa, brats, etc.
Both andouille and chorizo sausage are spicy sausages. Yet, both have a different flavor profile. Andouille is packed with Cajun seasonings where Chorizo is filled with spanish style seasoning.
I find my andouille sausage in the pre-packaged meat case near the kielbasa and other cured sausages.
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Cajun Shrimp and Sausage
Equipment
- 12-inch Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 4 Andouille sausage links sliced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 1 yellow bell pepper diced
- 1 orange bell pepper diced
- 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
- 5 plum tomatoes diced
- 24 extra-large shrimp peeled and deveined
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- In a 12-inch skillet, place the olive oil, diced red onion, minced garlic, and Andouille sausage in the skillet. Cook on medium-high heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add in the diced bell pepper and Cajun seasoning. Mix well and cook with the lid on for 5 additional minutes.
- Once the peppers begin to soften, add in the plum tomatoes, mix well and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 5 minutes with the lid off. Then add in the shrimp and cook for 5 minutes with the lid on.
- Divide the rice between 4 plates, then divide the Cajun shrimp and Andouille sausage between the plates. Top each plate with minced fresh parsley, enjoy immediately.
Notes
- Prep the vegetables ahead of time to help expedite the cooking time.
- Serve over a bed of rice or eat as is!
Nutrition
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I would try any of the Cajun recipes, especially if they include shrimp. The recipe from above is definitely my taste.
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I would love to make the Cajun Shrimp and Andouille Sausage Skillet
because I love Cajun food and New Orleans!
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