Cajun Sausage Skillet

This Cajun sausage skillet recipe is a delicious blend of rice, spices and crushed tomatoes to tantalize the taste buds with mildly spicy flavor and hearty enough to serve as a one-pot meal.

I was freezer diving recently and came across a package of large sausage links that had somehow slipped down to the bottom of the bin.

The sausage was homemade by a friend who used wild venison meat that he had hunted himself.

Given the special nature of the sausage, I decided to come up with a new recipe that would highlight the distinct and amazing flavor of venison.

If you do not have any available in your area, you can certainly use sausage from another meat source such as pastured pigs.

Cajun is perhaps my favorite American niche cuisine, so I decided to go in that direction.

Amazingly, the very first try turned out nearly perfect to my tastebuds with the second try a finished recipe that the family gobbled up and that I will continue to make for years.

Preparation Tips

I recommend using soaked white rice for the recipe. This results in the cleanest and most digestible rice possible.

However, if you are in a hurry, you can parboil the rice to remove arsenic and anti-nutrients instead.

At a minimum, the white rice should be thoroughly rinsed before cooking to remove any residues used for polishing during processing.

If you are grain-free, use soaked black beans instead of the rice. It’s a delicious substitution!

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Cajun Sausage Skillet

This Cajun sausage skillet recipe is a delicious blend of rice, spices and crushed tomatoes to tantalize the taste buds with mildly spicy flavor and hearty enough to serve as a one-pot meal.

Course Main Course

Cuisine cajun

Keyword hearty, mild, one-pot, venison

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 375 kcal

Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

• 1 pound wild or pastured sausage I use venison
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 sweet red pepper chopped
• 1 cup white rice preferably soaked or parboiled
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1-2 clove garlic minced
• 1 jar crushed tomatoes
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1/8 tsp cayenne
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp sea salt

Instructions

1. Slice the sausage links into one-quarter inch thick pieces.

2. Chop the onion and bell pepper and mince the garlic. Set aside.

3. Melt the butter in a large skillet on medium heat and sauté the sausage until slightly browned.

4. Add the onion, pepper, and garlic to the skillet and continue cooking until slightly softened (about 5 minutes).

5. Add the sea salt and spices to the skillet and cook for one more minute to release the flavors.

6. Add the chicken broth, rice and crushed tomatoes to the skillet. Stir to combine.

7. Bring to a boil and then turn down the heat to medium-low. Affix the cover to the skillet and let simmer for 20 minutes.

8. Remove the skillet from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes on the counter.

9. Serve immediately.

10. Refrigerate leftovers in a glass container with a tight fitting lid for up to four days. Delicious as reheated leftovers!

Nutrition Facts

Cajun Sausage Skillet

Amount Per Serving (1 cup)

Calories 375 Calories from Fat 171

% Daily Value*

Fat 19g29%

Carbohydrates 34g11%

Protein 17g34%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.