Shrimp Andouille Sausage Recipes

SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add angel hair pasta, and cook for 5 to 6 minutes or until al dente. Drain, and set aside.
• Place sausage in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir until evenly browned; drain. Mix in shrimp, green onions, mushrooms, and garlic. Cook about 1 minute, until shrimp are opaque. Remove mixture from skillet, and set aside.
• Pour wine into the skillet, and scrape up browned bits. Cook until reduced by about 1/2. Mix in heavy cream, and continue cooking until reduced by about 1/3. Stir in mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
• Return sausage mixture to the skillet, and blend into the wine mixture. Cook and stir until heated through. Serve over angel hair pasta.

SHRIMP GUMBO WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Peel and devein shrimp. Reserve shrimp shells for broth. Season shrimp with salt and pepper, thyme and 1/2 teaspoon garlic. Cover and refrigerate. Make the shrimp broth.
• Make the gumbo base: In a heavy-bottomed soup pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper and celery and cook briskly, stirring frequently, until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle in flour and stir to combine. Continue cooking for about 5 minutes, stirring, until flour-vegetable mixture is well browned. Add tomato paste, paprika, cayenne and remaining garlic. Cook for 1 minute, stirring well, then add diced tomato and andouille sausage and cook for about 2 minutes. Season mixture generously with salt and pepper.
• Stir in shrimp broth and reduce heat to medium. With a wooden spoon, scrape bottom of pot to dissolve any browned bits. Simmer for about 25 minutes, until gumbo base thickens somewhat. Taste and adjust salt. (You may prepare gumbo base up to this point several hours ahead; bring it back to a brisk simmer before continuing.)
• Add okra and let cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes more. Turn off heat. Stir in filé powder. Serve immediately, sprinkled with scallions, along with steamed rice or cornbread if desired.

SHRIMP & ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, green bell pepper, and garlic in butter until tender.
• Add the next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, approximately 25 minutes.
• Add shrimp and parsley; simmer, uncovered, until shrimp are cooked, approximately 7-10 minutes.

SHRIMP GUMBO WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Serve: Serve with white rice, garnished with green onions. To eat, sprinkle with filé powder and hot sauce.

SPICY SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE OVER GRITS

Steps:

• For the grits: Bring 2 cups of the chicken stock, the heavy cream and 4 tablespoons of the butter to a simmer in a heavy saucepan. Gradually whisk in the grits. Reduce the heat and simmer until the grits have thickened, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to avoid lumps. Once the grits are thick and creamy, adjust the consistency with stock, if necessary, and season with salt and pepper.
• For the shrimp and sausage: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the sausage and brown, then transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon, leaving all of the fat in the pan. Add the garlic, bell peppers and onions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and saute until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the shrimp and Cajun seasoning to the pan and saute until the shrimp are beginning to turn pink, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the reserved sausage and remaining 1/2 cup chicken stock to the skillet and reduce a bit to intensify those flavors. Stir in the remaining tablespoon butter at the end, garnish with parsley, and add the lemon juice.
• Serve the sausage, peppers and shrimp over the grits.

SHRIMP & ANDOUILLE SHEET PAN ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400F.
• If you're using frozen shrimp, thaw it completely and drain as much water as possible, using a paper towel to pat it dry.
• Toss to coat with 1 Tbsp olive oil and ½ tsp Creole seasoning; set aside.
• Cut the broccoli into florets, halve the mushroom caps (quarter the larger ones), and cut the celery into approximately 2-inch pieces.
• Add them to a large rimmed baking sheet with the sliced bell pepper, onion, and smoked sausage.
• Drizzle 1 Tbsp olive oil over the sheet pan and season with 1 tsp Creole seasoning, the garlic powder, and the cayenne. Toss to coat, then spread in an even layer.
• Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender and the onions are just starting to brown around the edges.
• Add the shrimp and roast for another 5 to 10 minutes, or until it's firm, opaque, and cooked through.
• To serve, zest the lemon and squeeze its juice over the roast.
• Serve with steamed rice if you'd like.

CAJUN SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE NACHOS

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add andouille and cook for 2 minutes. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes more. Add bell peppers and cook for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat and stir in celery.
• Line a baking sheet with foil and place tortilla chips on top. Cover chips with the sausage mixture.
• Place shrimp in a bowl; add oil and seafood seasoning. Stir to coat. Place shrimp in the same skillet and cook over medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Scatter shrimp on top of the sausage mixture. Sprinkle Colby Jack cheese over the nachos.
• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler to low. Broil nachos until cheese has melted, about 3 minutes.

SHRIMP SAUSAGE RICE SKILLET

Steps:

• In a large skillet, over medium high heat, heat oil and add sausage. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly brown.
• Add jalapenos, onions, celery, and garlic. Cook until onions are translucent and vegetables are tender.
• Add chicken broth and rice, bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium.
• Cover with lid and let cook until rice begins to soften.
• Mix in shrimp and cook until shrimp is pink in color and no longer translucent.
• Add tomato sauce and seasonings. Reduce heat, stir, cover, and cook for 15 minutes.

SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE GUMBO

Steps:

• Combine peppers, onions, and celery in a bowl and have ready next to the stove. In a large heavy skillet (cast iron is best) heat oil until it just begins to smoke. Gradually add flour, whisking constantly. Continue whisking constantly and cook over medium to medium-high heat until roux is dark brown and very fragrant. Add vegetable mixture and stir with a wooden spoon, continuing to cook, for 2 minutes. Add salt and dry seasonings and garlic and stir to combine, cooking for another 1 to 2 minutes, then remove pan from heat.
• Place shrimp stock in a large Dutch oven or stockpot and bring to a gentle boil. Gradually add roux mixture to boiling stock, whisking constantly, until completely incorporated and dissolved. Return to a boil and add the andouille, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary, then add shrimp and turn off heat. Let gumbo sit for 5 minutes to allow shrimp to cook, then serve immediately over a scoop of plain white rice.
• Note: You can do everything in this recipe up to the point of adding the shrimp beforehand; bring gumbo up to a boil before adding shrimp to serve.
• Cooking the roux can be tricky. For safety's sake, wear good oven mitts while whisking (roux can cook to nearly 400 degrees F!) and be very careful not to let it burn on the bottom. If black bits show up in the roux before it is done, you must start over, boo-hoo. If the roux starts to smoke, remove it from the heat for a few minutes and keep whisking?remember that the pan will retain a lot of heat that will continue to cook the roux even off the flame. This is not a quick project! Your patience will be rewarded with a rich, delicious gumbo.
• Peel and de-vein the shrimp and reserve the shells. Refrigerate the shrimp until needed. In a saucepan or stockpot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, and celery and cook until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Then, add the shrimp shells and cook, stirring constantly, until shells are pink and fragrant. Add the wine and cook until reduced by half. Add water to the pot to just past the level of the shrimp shells and add peppercorns, bay leaf, and thyme. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce to a simmer. Skim impurities (i.e., scum) from top of stock and simmer for approximately 30 to 45 minutes. Strain stock and reserve.

SHRIMP CAKES WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop shrimp and sausage in processor, using on/off turns. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in small skillet over medium heat. Add bell pepper and onion; sauté until vegetables soften, about 5 minutes. Transfer to medium bowl; cool. Add shrimp and sausage to vegetable mixture. Stir in mayonnaise, 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, green onion, and mustard; season with salt and pepper. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
• Form shrimp mixture into eight 1-inch-thick cakes. Place remaining 3/4 cup breadcrumbs on plate. Coat each cake with crumbs, patting to adhere. Transfer to plate; cover and chill 15 minutes or up to 1 day.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add shrimp cakes; sauté until brown, about 6 minutes per side. Transfer 1 cake to each of 6 plates and serve.
• Andouille sausage can be found in specialty foods stores and some supermarkets. You can substitute hot links, kielbasa sausage or smoked Hungarian sausage in these recipes.

SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook penne according to package directions. Drain noodles, reserving 1/2 to 1 cup of the pasta cooking water.
• Coat a large, deep nonstick skillet with olive oil cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Add sausage and cook 2 to 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Drain on a paper towel; wipe down skillet.
• Melt butter in same skillet. Add Cajun seasoning and cook 1 minute. Add onion; cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add bell peppers and mushrooms; cook, stirring frequently, 5 minutes. Add shrimp and cook until opaque, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add pasta and sausage to skillet, along with enough pasta water to make it a little saucy. Stir; top with basil and grated Parmesan, if desired. Serve hot.