Do you love flavorful spicy dishes? I do, and one of my favorites is my Cajun-Style Shrimp and Sausage. Served over a bed of rice this hearty meal is sure to please your friends and family!
Creating restaurant-style dishes in your kitchen isn’t as difficult as you might think. It always comes down to ingredients and a few easy cooking techniques.
The important thing to remember is that most recipes can be used as guidelines. To find true joy in the kitchen, you should cook with ingredients that both you and your family enjoy eating.
Learning to adjust recipes to use what you like to eat or what you have on hand will make your time in the kitchen a joyful experience rather than a chore.
What ingredients do I need to make Shrimp and Sausage?
Let’s start by gathering the ingredients we need to make Cajun-Style Shrimp and Sausage. In Chef Speak this is called the “Mise en Place” which translates to “Everything in its Place.”
Not only does setting your ingredients up ahead of time speed up the cooking process, but it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.
Do I have to use Andouille Sausage?
No you don’t. You can substitute your favorite sausage for the andouille. This dish would also be great with chorizo and Italian sausage.
How do I make Cajun-Style Shrimp and Sausage?
- Coat the shrimp with one tablespoon of the Cajun seasoning.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Or until almost fully cooked.
- Remove the shrimp from the pan and set on the side until needed.
Using the same pan, add the butter to the pan. Add the onion and peppers to the pan and sauté for 3-5 minutes. Or until the onions are translucent and peppers are soft.
**Add additional olive oil or butter if needed
Add the okra, sausage and garlic to the pan and continue to sauté for 3-4 minutes.
Add the chicken broth, cream and Romano cheese to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium and allow the sauce to reduce by about one-third. Stir occasionally, allowing the sauce to let the flavor of the peppers and sausage release into the cream sauce.
Re-season to your taste with sea salt and black pepper. Then, it’s time to add the shrimp back into the pan and bring the mixture back to a minimum temperature of 165 degrees.
**Add additional Cajun seasoning and/or hot sauce if you like heat.
Wouldn’t you love to sit down to a bowlful of this delicious Cajun-style shrimp and sausage?
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Cajun-Style Shrimp and Sausage
Ingredients
- 16 ounces shrimp 16 – 20 count, raw peeled and deveined
- 8 ounce Andouille sausage sliced
- 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic finely diced
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 cup okra sliced
- 2 red bell peppers chopped into chunks
- ½ cup chicken stock or vegetable stock
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- ½ cup grated Romano cheese
- 1 tablespoon Italian parsley chopped
- 4 cups cooked brown rice cooked per instructions on the box
Instructions
- Coat the shrimp with one tablespoon of the cajun seasoning.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Or until almost fully cooked. Remove the shrimp from the pan and set on the side until needed.
- Using the same pan, add the butter to the pan juices. Add the onion and peppers to the pan and sautéfor 3-5 minutes. Or until the onions are translucent and peppers are soft.
- Add the okra, sausage and garlic to the pan and continue to sauté for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth, cream and Romano cheese to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium and allow the sauce to reduce by about one-third. Stir occasionally, allowing the sauce to let the flavor of the peppers and sausage release into the cream sauce.
- Reseason to your taste with sea salt and black pepper. **Add additional Cajun seasoning and/or hot sauce if you like heat.
- Add the shrimp back into the pan, and bring the mixture back to a minimum temperature of 165 degrees.
- Serve over brown rice or your favorite grain.
Bolupe
Okay, shrimps and sausages are 2 of my favourite things to eat. I love the Cajun style, the flavours and the okra. Oh yum! I can’t wait to try this one.
Marysa
I love cajun recipes, and this sounds like a delicious combination of flavors. I haven’t cooked with okra before, but I would like to give it a try.
Kathy
This looks amazing. I love how colorful it is too. I try to get lots of color in my meals as well. Yum!
Emily Flint
This looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it.
catherine santiago jose
First of all this recipe looks so promising and so enticing. I loved the combination of color it gives, this will definitely can be an instant crowd favorite.
Lynndee
This dish is making me so hungry right now. Going to save your recipe for later. Love a good seafood recipe.
Ramona
This recipe was a hit! I particularly loved the addition of okra to this dish, will definitely make it again. Thank you for sharing this 😉
Sue
Oh I am loving the Cajun flavors here! Yum!
Sunrita
Love how convenient and nutritious this recipe is. Brilliant
Chloe
This looks so deliciously creamy and spicy!
Rose Ann Sales
It looks so flavorful and I love that it has lots of veggies. Yummy!
Nikki Wayne
I know someone who experience heartburns sometimes. I will recommend this to her.
Sara
Great recipe! Thank you!
Sheryl of SHE.ph
I love Cajun shrimp but I haven’t thought of combining it with sausage nor okra. I’ll try it next time.
MELANIE EDJOURIAN
Oh wow, I’d never thought to combine sausage and shrimp although I do love chorizo and shrimp.
Katie
No matter how many ways I try to cook it and how many times I’ve tried to just ‘add it in’, I can not like the taste of mushrooms at all. I would love to try this recipe, but I have to forego the mushrooms!
Amber Myers
This would be a tasty meal. My kids would be a fan since they love their shrimp.
Bri
This looks like a great, southern salad! I’ll remember this one for whenever we can start having get-togethers again!
Tammy
I’m gonna love this recipe because it has okra in it. All good ingredients and can’t wait to try.
melissa chapman
That looks like a yummy dish and my son loves shrimp. I know this will be a real favorite like so many of your creations.