Friday, December 11, 2009

Sausage & Shrimp Noodles (Latin Inspired)

I came up with this recipe two Thanksgiving dinners ago. I always cook Thanksgiving Day meals mostly by myself. From the huge 22-26 lb turkey to the lasagna. I remember just putting this recipe together from scraps of meat and veggies that was left over. I have since refined this recipe and it is much more delicious. I love pasta. This is one of the best pasta dishes to make on a budget. It may not cost much to make but it will taste like it did. And you will have plenty of leftovers for lunch the next day because of the quantity. Enjoy!!!

Ingredients:

1 pkg uncooked angel hair pasta
1 link Hillshire Farm Polska Kielbasa beef, pork or turkey sausage (cut into little chunks or slices)
1 pound pkg fresh or frozen cooked shrimp (Remove tails)
1 pkg pepper stir fry veggies
4-6 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
1-2 packets Sazon Goya seasoning
Adobe all purpose seasoning (with or without pepper)
Parmesan Cheese
Seasoned salt
Regular salt
Black pepper
1-2 tablespoons red pepper flakes (Depends on how spicy you want it)

Cooking Directions:

1. If you using fresh shrimps, skip this step. But if you are using frozen shrimp, pour into a strainer and run under cold water until thawed. Put thaw or fresh shrimp into a bowl and season with Adobe seasoning.

2. Put chunks or slices of Polska sausage in a bowl. Sprinkle with Adobe seasoning until coated. Stir until all sausage pieces are well seasoned.

3. On medium heat, in a frying pan, add 2-3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil. Let it warm up. Add sausage chunks to oil and brown. When browned add the thawed seasoned shrimp and let cooked quickly. Make sure to adjust heat accordingly as to not burn the sausage and shrimp. Put sausage and shrimp into a clean bowl.

4. With the oil still on the stove, add the rest of the oil and add the pepper stir fry veggies. Cook until tender. Add season salt, black pepper, Goya seasoning, red pepper flakes to taste. Add the sausage and shrimp and remove from heat.

5. Cook angel hair pasta according to package. After draining the pasta, put back to pot. Put the heat on low. Add the stir fry veggies and sausage/shrimp mixture. Mix well with the noodles until well coated. Add as much Parmesan cheese as you will like.

6. Remove from heat and serve with bread or biscuit. (For a simply biscuit recipe, try the Paula Deen Garlic Cheese Biscuits above.)

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