Smothered Sausage Food

SMOTHERED POTATOES & SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Start off by washing, then peeling the potatoes.
• Next slice the potatoes in even slices (so that they can cook evenly!)
• Place the peeled & sliced potatoes in a large bowl with water to prevent the potatoes from browning, then dice up the other ingredients.
• Pour the vegetable oil in a large skillet, and heat the oil over medium heat.
• Add in the sliced smoked sausage, and cook until browned, then remove from the pan.
• Now drain, and pat dry the potatoes, then add in the potatoes into the hot oil, and fry.
• Once the potatoes start to get nice and tender, add in the peppers and onions.
• Sprinkle in the salt, pepper, and garlic powders.
• Pour in the chicken broth, and fold the ingredients.
• Toss the smoked sausage back into the pan, and combine the ingredients.
• Cook until everything is nice and tender, and the broth is absorbed by the potatoes.
• Serve and enjoy!

SMOTHERED CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Season breasts with Tony Chachere's. Heat olive oil in cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken and cook until brown, about 3 minutes each side. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
• Add sliced sausage to skillet and brown, approximately 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
• Lower heat to medium. add onions, celery, and bell pepper, and saute until onions are translucent. Return chicken and sausage to the skillet, and add garlic and water. Stir to incorporate. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 45 minutes. Add green onions and parsley.
• Serve over cooked rice.

SMOTHERED ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE AND SHRIMP OVER CREAMY STONE GROUND GRITS

Steps:

• In a saute pan, over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the flour and cook for 4 to 6 minutes for a medium brown roux, about the color of peanut butter. Add the onions, peppers, and celery. Season with salt and cayenne. Continue cooking until the vegetables are wilted, about 8 minutes. Add the sausage and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Season the shrimp with salt and cayenne. Add the shrimp. Stir in the clam juice and cream. Bring the liquid to a simmer and continue to cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the green onions. To serve, spoon the grits in the center of each serving bowl. Spoon the shrimp mixture over the grits. Garnish with parsley.
• In a large saucepan, over medium heat, combine the water, milk, salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of the butter. Bring the liquid to a gentle boil. Stir in the grits. Cook for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. (The grits will stick to the bottom of the pan, so make sure not to scrape the bottom of the pan. If the grits absorbed all of the water, add some hot water to thin out.) Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and cheese. The grits can either be served immediately or prepared in advance and reheated.
• If preparing in advance, grease a pan with a teaspoon of butter. Pour the grits into the pan and reheat in a 400 degree F for 15 minutes.

SMOTHERED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large heavy skillet with a close-fitting lid, add water to cover and bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Let cook (uncovered) until all the water evaporates.
• Continue cooking turning the sausages so that they brown well on all sides and don't stick.
• Pour off any excess fat and add the onions, bell peppers, celery, salt, peppers, and an additional 1 cup water.
• Stir well scraping bottom of the pan to loosen any bits of sausage that may have stuck.
• Reduce heat, cover, and let cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove from heat.
• Remove sausages and let the juices sit 5-10 minutes (allows grease to rise to the top), skim and discard the grease (if you like a thicker gravy stir in the roux and let simmer 20 minutes more).
• Add the sausage and the green onions and parsley and simmer uncovered for 3-4 minutes more.
• Serve immediately.

SMOTHERED CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, brown sausage over medium heat.
• Add onion and saute for 3 minutes.
• Add cabbage and cover.
• Cook about 50 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Uncover and add seasonings, cook 5 minutes more.
• Serve as a main dish over rice or as a side with some cornbread, of course. ;).
• Enjoy! ;).

SMOTHERED POTATOES AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• 1. Slice the sausage into 1/2-1 inch pieces and chop your onion. I use frozen, chopped onion. Peel potatoes and cut them into uniform cubes, about 1-2 inches square.
• 2. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven, and add the sausage and onion. Cook over medium to medium-high heat until onions are translucent and sausage begins to brown. Add a tablespoon or two of water if sausage starts to stick.
• 3. Add potatoes to the pot along with the sausage and onions. Fill the pot with about 2 inches of water and add seasoning of your preference. Since I am from south Louisiana, I like spicy food. I use onion powder, garlic powder, and Tony Chachere's (Cajun seasoning). I sometimes add chicken bouillon powder to the water, as well.
• 4. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until potatoes absorb the water, about 60-90 minutes. If the water cooks out before the potatoes are very soft, add more. You don't want the potatoes to get crusty.
• 5. Your dish is done when the water is all absorbed by the potatoes, and the potatoes are extremely soft.

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS AND SAUSAGE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• 1.Mix ingredients for seasoning mix together in a small bowl and sprinkle generously on both sides of pork chops. 2.(Save the extra seasoning mix to add to the sauce later if you think it needs more seasoning--I tossed it out, and then wished I had a little bit more to make it a little spicier). 3.Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. 4.Add the pork chops, a few at a time and cook them until they are lightly browned on both sides (about 2 minutes per side). 5.Remove the pork chops to a platter and set aside. 6.Reduce the heat to medium. 7.Add the flour and stir constantly until the roux is the color of peanut butter, about 4 minutes. 8.Add the onions, salt, and pepper. 9.Cook, stirring, until the onions are slightly soft, about 5 minutes. 10.Add the garlic, bay leaves, chicken broth and water. 11.Bring to a boil. 12.Return the pork chops to the pot. 13.Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 45 minutes. 14.Add the smoked sausage and the potatoes. 15.Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. 16.Serve with either steamed white rice or rice pilaf.

SOUTHERN FRIED SMOTHERED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat a large, lidded cast iron pot over medium-high heat. Add bacon and fry until browned but not crispy, about 5 minutes. Quickly add cabbage pieces and water, in that order. Cover the pot with the lid and allow cabbage to steam, about 1 minute. Season with cayenne pepper and salt and boil for 15 minutes.
• Remove lid and reduce heat to a high simmer. Cook until all liquid has evaporated and cabbage is browning in the bottom of the pot and wilted but not soggy, about 10 minutes more. Scrape the bottom of the pot regularly and turn cabbage to prevent sticking.

SMOTHERED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Combine water, ham hock, and pork shank in a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until meat is cooked through, about 2 hours. Drain and set meat aside to cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
• Remove meat from pork shank, chop into bite-sized pieces, and place in a bowl. Remove skin and meat from ham hock, chop into very small pieces, and add to the bowl, omitting skin if you prefer.
• Heat bacon drippings in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot, but not smoking. Add 1/4 of the cabbage to the hot skillet and saute until slightly wilted, about 3 minutes. Add 1/4 of the meat mixture. Add another 1/4 of the cabbage, cooking until slightly wilted, about 3 minutes, followed by another 1/4 of the meat mixture. Repeat until all cabbage and meat have been added. Season with salt and pepper. If mixture sticks to the skillet, add 1 to 2 tablespoons chicken broth.
• Slowly add remaining chicken broth to the cabbage-meat mixture in the skillet, give it a good stir, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until cabbage is tender, 30 to 45 minutes.

SAUSAGE POTATO SKILLET

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausage in oil until a thermometer reads 160°. Add onion and peppers; saute until vegetables are tender. Add potatoes and 2 cups water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain; add salt and pepper.

EASY SAUSAGE AND VEGETABLE SKILLET

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat in oil until a thermometer reads 160°; drain. , Cut into 1/2-inch slices. Add the sausage, squash and onions to the skillet; cook for 3-4 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne pepper; heat through.

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Mix ingredients for seasoning mix together in a small bowl and sprinkle generously on both sides of pork chops.
• (Save the extra seasoning mix to add to the sauce later if you think it needs more seasoning--I tossed it out, and then wished I had a little bit more to make it a little spicier).
• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add the pork chops, a few at a time and cook them until they are lightly browned on both sides (about 2 minutes per side).
• Remove the pork chops to a platter and set aside.
• Reduce the heat to medium.
• Add the flour and stir constantly until the roux is the color of peanut butter, about 4 minutes.
• Add the onions, salt, and pepper.
• Cook, stirring, until the onions are slightly soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic, bay leaves, chicken broth and water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Return the pork chops to the pot.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add the smoked sausage and the potatoes.
• Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Serve with either steamed white rice or rice pilaf.

SMOTHERED GRITS WITH JALAPENO SAUSAGE AND BACON

Steps:

• Add a couple of tablespoonfuls of extra virgin olive oil to a skillet over medium heat. Add diced bacon and fry until crispy. Drain bacon, reserve a couple of tablespoonfuls of bacon grease.
• Add sliced sausage to pan and cook for about 7 minutes until sausage is browned nicely. Add all vegetables and seasonings to pan except garlic.
• Cook for about 5 minutes, add garlic, cook for a couple of minutes more. Serve over grits. Topped with bacon.
• To prepare grits, in a large pot bring all liquids to boil, add butter and seasonings. Slowly stir in grits while whisking nonstop for about two minutes.
• Reduce heat to low and cook grits, stirring occasionally for about 20 minutes. Adding extra broth as needed to keep the grits thin. Add cheese and whisk well, add more broth if needed and eat up!

SMOTHERED PIEROGIES

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in the Italian sausage. Cook and stir until crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Drain and discard any excess grease, then remove the sausage from the skillet and place into a bowl.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the skillet. Stir in the onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper; cook and stir until the onion is golden, and the peppers are tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in the garlic and mushrooms; cook for 1 minute more. Season with parsley, garlic powder, oregano, basil, and red pepper flakes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir to combine, then scrape the vegetables into the bowl with the sausage.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place the pierogies into the hot oil, and cook until golden brown on each side and hot in the center, about 5 minutes. Spoon the sausage and vegetable mixture over the pierogies. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and Romano cheese. Cover, and cook until the cheese has melted.