One-Pot Cajun Pasta
Spice up your weeknight dinner routine with this one-pot Cajun pasta loaded with shrimp, chicken, and sausage. It's the perfect combination of heat and flavor that will have you reaching for seconds.
Instructions
- 1
Pour olive oil into the pot.
- 2
Add diced chicken breast to the pot, cover with cajun seasoning, and stir until the chicken is evenly seasoned.
- 3
Add sliced sausage and stir. Cook the meat on medium heat for 5-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
- 4
Once the meat is cooked, add in the garlic, onion, peppers, and mushrooms, and stir. Continue stirring for 3-5 minutes as the veggies cook down.
- 5
Add the dry pasta to the pot (if using long, thin noodles, break in half), then pour in the chicken broth. Stir until everything is well-mixed.
- 6
Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, keep covered bring the heat down to a simmer for 10 minutes (stirring every two minutes).
- 7
NOTE: If there still extra chicken broth, you can discard it, cook longer until the liquid evaporates, or add a little cornstarch to thicken the liquid.
- 8
Lastly, add heavy cream and parmesan and stir until your pasta is well blended. Stir in parmesan cheese.
- 9
Garnish with green onions, more parmesan, a sprinkle of cajun seasoning (if you want some extra spice), and salt and pepper to taste.
- 10
Enjoy!
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Ingredients (20)
- •2 tablespoons olive oil
- •2 chicken breasts, diced
- •8 oz andouille sausage, or smoked sausage, sliced
- •3 cloves garlic, minced
- •½ yellow onion, sliced
- •1 red pepper, sliced
- •1 green pepper, sliced
- •2 cups mushroom
- •16 oz pasta, 1 box, of your choice, we used linguine
- •5 cups chicken broth
- •½ cup heavy cream
- •1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
- •1 tablespoon cajun seasoning
- •green onion, optional, for garnish
- •cayenne pepper, equal parts
- •onion powder, equal parts
- •paprika, equal parts
- •garlic powder, equal parts
- •salt, equal parts
- •pepper, equal parts
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