CAJUN SHRIMP & SAUSAGE LINGUINE

This pasta dish has a little bit of spice and a LOT of flavor. The key is the blend of spices which adds all the flavor to the dish.

The ingredients below are meant to prepare a dinner for two. As I usually like to do, there is a high ratio of veggies to the other ingredients (higher than the original recipe anyways). In my opinion, this adds more ~flavor~ and ~healthy~ vitamins.

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Yields: 2 generous servings

Ingredients

🍤 1/2 pound of linguine
🍤 15 frozen medium shrimp
🍤 1/2 of a pre-packaged Kielbasa, sliced thinly (Hillshire Farm Cajun suggested)
🍤 1 green pepper, diced small
🍤 1 sweet onion, diced small
🍤 Butter (to grease pan both before and after searing shrimp)
🍤 3 cloves minced garlic
🍤 1 tsp thyme
🍤 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning
🍤 1 tsp black pepper
🍤 1 tsp oregano
🍤 1 tsp rosemary
🍤 1 tsp red pepper flakes
🍤 1 tbsp fresh chopped parsley
🍤 1/4 cup chicken stock
🍤 1/3 cup heavy cream (or half and half)

Create

1. Coat pan with butter and mix in cajun seasoning. Fry shrimp.
2. In another pot, boil water for your linguine.
3. Remove the shrimp, set aside. Add more butter to coat pan. Add green peppers, onions, and garlic; sauté. Add kielbasa, thyme, oregano, Cajun seasoning, black pepper, rosemary, and red pepper flakes (with caution because HOT & SPICY). Mix everything together, let cook for a few minutes.
4. At this point linguine should be done or almost done. Strain the pasta and let sit.
5. Add chicken stock and cream to the veggies/kielbasa. Add shrimp in. Add more Cajun seasoning to taste. Let simmer for five minutes.
6. Add linguine; toss to coat linguine in sauce. Garnish with fresh parsley. Serve and enjoy!

TIP: When you add the linguine in at the end, pour some additional Cajun seasoning (maybe another 2 tsp) directly over the pasta. This helps to add more flavor since the other seasoning is within the sauce but not directly impacting the noodles.