Cajun sausage skillet
Cajun sausage skillet is a flavorful one-dish mixture of seared sausages, onion, peppers, celery and tomatoes. Serve over steamed rice for a quick and easy dinner any night of the week!
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 (12 oz.) packaged Zatarain’s Cajun Style Smoked Sausage, sliced in ¼-inch rounds
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided.
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 1 small green bell pepper, diced
- 2 medium stalks celery, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5 oz) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes (not drained)
- 1 ½ teaspoons Cajun seasoning (homemade or store-bought Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning)
For serving:
- Hot, cooked brown or white rice
Instructions
- Heat 1 ½ teaspoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sliced sausages and sear 6-7 minutes, turning over to sear both sides.
- Remove the sausages to a bowl or plate and keep warm.
- Reduce the heat to medium. Add the remaining ½ teaspoon olive oil to the pan (which should have some fat from the sausages).
- Add the onion, pepper and celery to the pan and cook for 6-7 minutes, until tender. Add the garlic and sauté for another minute, until fragrant.
- Add the diced tomatoes and Cajun seasoning to the pan and stir well to combine.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer then reduce heat to medium low and let simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Return the sliced sausages to the pan and stir to combine. Let simmer another 2-3 minutes.
- Serve hot over steamed rice.
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Notes
The sausage is already cooked, but searing it adds a ton of flavor, so don’t skip that step. (It also helps flavor the veggies that cook in the same grease afterwards.)
The fire-roasted diced tomatoes add some extra oomph to the recipe, but you can substitute regular diced tomatoes if needed.
I keep a batch of homemade Cajun seasoning on hand at home, but you can certainly use a store-bought version like Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 153kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 619mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g
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