Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cajun pasta casserole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cajun pasta casserole using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Pasta Casserole:
- Make ready 4 tablespoons olive oil
- Get 14 oz andouille sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 red bell pepper, sliced thin
- Take 1 1/2 cup cut okra
- Get 1 small zucchini, cut into 1 inch slices
- Get 16 oz uncooked penne
- Prepare 1 pint heavy cream
- Take 2 quarts water
- Take 4 chicken bullion cubes
- Get 2 tablespoons cajun seasoning
- Take 1/2 tablespoon smoked sweet paprika
- Make ready 2 cups Monterey jack cheese, shredded
Steps to make Cajun Pasta Casserole:
- In large oven safe pot, add olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add sausage, stir. Let it start to brown a bit.
- Add garlic and peppers. Stir until fragrant.
- Add zucchini and okra to pot.
- Add paprika to sausage and veggies in pot. Stir to combine. Cook for just a few moments, then remove from pot and save for later.
- Add water and bullion to pot. Bring to boil.
- Add pasta to boiling water. Cook 10 minutes.
- Add cajun seasoning and heavy cream to pasta pot. Stir to combine. Bring back to boil. Let sauce reduce.
- At this point, I stirred in about a half of a cup of my cheese into the sauce to let it get a little extra creamy.
- Add the sausage and veggies back into pasta dish.
- Top with remaining cheese. Pop in oven under broiler for about 3-4 minutes, just long enough to give it a light golden crust on top.
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