Cajun Skillet Pasta

Updated at: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:21:26 GMT

Step 1

Toss shrimp with salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning and Oregano, and coat well.

Step 2

Begin boiling water for pasta. Add salt.

Step 3

Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and drizzle bottom of pan with olive oil.

Step 4

Add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes. Flip shrimp over and cook another minute or two. Then remove to a plate and set aside.

Step 5

Drizzle pan with a little more olive oil, add sausage and brown until nicely caramelized, about 4 - 5 minutes. Removeto plate, set aside.

Step 6

Boil pasta until aldente and ready for step 12

Step 7

Lower heat to medium and add a bit more olive oil to the pan, add the onion, red bell pepper, Cajun seasoning, brown sugar, and a generous pinch of salt. Sauté until onion and pepper have softened a bit, scraping up any browned bits that you can.

Step 8

Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Step 9

Add tomato paste and mix with onions, pepper, and garlic until it becomes a deeper red. About 1-2 minutes. Don't burn.

Step 10

Add chicken broth and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan, simmer a couple minutes.

Step 11

Once simmering, add Parmesan A LITTLE AT A TIME and stir into sauce. Adding it all at once will make it stick together. Keep stirring until all the parm is melted. *If pasta is not done remove sauce from heat until ready to add the pasta*

Step 12

When pasta is done and the sauce well blended, add cooked pasta and sausage to the sauce and stir to combine and heat through, 2 - 3 minutes.

Step 13

Salt and pepper to taste

Step 14

Lastly, add shrimp.

Step 15

Serve with dried parsley flakes.

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