Pastalaya Food

CAJUN PASTALAYA RECIPE

Steps:

• In medium deep skillet, cook sliced sausage 3-4 minutes until browned.
• Remove sausage to drain in colander.
• Add diced peppers and onions to skillet with the excess oil, and saute mixture until slightly translucent.
• Add sausage back to pan along with spices. Cook 1-2 minutes longer.
• Add Rotini and prepared tomato broth. Bring mixture to boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook about 20 minutes until most of the liquid has been absorbed.
• Garnish with parsley and a bit of Parmesan cheese.

CROCK-POT JAMBALAYA-PASTALAYA

Steps:

• In a crock-pot add all together except, bell pepper and shrimp.
• Cook on high for 4 hours.
• Add shrimp and bell pepper and cook an additional 30 minutes.
• Serve over rice or combine with enough rice to the desired consistency. Instead of rice, prepare pasta and serve over it for Pastalaya.

KELLY'S PASTALAYA

Steps:

• .DIRECTIONS:.
• If you have a cast iron jambalaya pot use it, if not you can use a magnalite or a very large oval pot to cook the Pastalaya. Start by browning the pork first. Brown it until it makes like a crust on the bottom. Set it aside in a large bowl. Next, brown the sausage. After you brown the sausage set it aside also in the same bowl as the pork. Then, add the chopped onions in the pot that you just browned all the meats inches Add just a little of chicken broth to release the flavor from the bottom of the pot that the meat made. This will turn the onions like a caramel color. Add cream of mushroom soup and beef gravy to onions. Stir till well blended. Add meats. Let this mixture come to a slight boil. Next, add chicken broth. You will not use both cans of broth. Add enough until it is about 2 inches from rim of pot. Let mixture come to a boil. Add the stick of butter. Add Tony's seasoning to taste. To know that you have seasoned it well, when you taste it, it will pick your throat. It may taste like a lot of seasoning, but you will need it to make it have a good taste. After this mixture comes to a rolling boil, add pasta. Break the pasta in half. Stir with a pasta utensil. Let it come to a boil again then, lower the fire and cover it, stirring it occasionally. Keep checking the pasta by tasting it to see if it is cooked. It should be tender just like when you cook spaghetti. This makes a lot. It will feed at least 10-15 people. ENJOY!

REAL CAJUN PASTALAYA

Steps:

• In a heavy pot that is NOT nonstick (I use Magnalite) brown sausage.
• After sausage is browned, remove from pot and add onions and bell pepper. Cook on medium-high heat in fat rendered from sausage (add butter or olive oil if needed) until wilted; about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook a few more minutes.
• Add sausage back to pot along with chicken or which ever protein you choose, except if using shrimp).
• Add all remaining ingredients except green onions and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally to make sure it doesn't stick to bottom. Reduce heat, cover, simmer for about 25 minutes, until pasta is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed. If using shrimp, add it at this point.
• Remove from heat, stir in green onions. Serve hot. French bread is delicious with it and you can sop up the sauce.