Cajun? Pasta Skillet

[Kvgsqtii]

Wanted a quick dinner tonight. We have been doing alot of skillet dinners, its nice to have only one pan to clean up after.

~1.5lb andouille
1lb Cavatapi Pasta
1 Green Pepper
1 Red Pepper
1 Yellow Onion
3 Cloves Garlic
1 can Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes
1/2 Package Cream Cheese
1c Heavy Whipping Cream
1T Chili Powder
1T Paprika
1t Garlic Powder
1t Salt
1t Black Pepper
4c water

Andouille I made a couple weeks ago.

Into a pan over med heat to get some color.

Veggies

Sausage out and veggies in. Cooked the veggies till they just started to soften.

Added the garlic for about a minute and then the tomatoes, pasta, water and spices.

Brought that up to a boil, reduced the heat to medium and covered stirring often till the liquid was absorbed and the pasta was tender.

Added the cream cheese and cream, stirred to melt the cream cheese and combine. No pic of it in the skillet, but I did get one of my first bowl.

Very good and its getting added to the rotation of skillet meals. Heat level was good, flavor was good, but I thought it was a little flat. Maybe a fresh herb to garnish at the end. What do you guys recommend for next time?

edit: Fix the pics

 

[sawhorseray]

Can't see your pictures. RAY

 

[Kvgsqtii]

Can't see your pictures. RAY

Should be fixed now.

 

[drdon]

Very good and its getting added to the rotation of skillet meals. Heat level was good, flavor was good, but I thought it was a little flat. Maybe a fresh herb to garnish at the end. What do you guys recommend for next time?

Looks GREAT! Don 't know if I would change anything.
Smoked Gouda?
Celery seed for and "Old Bay" feel?
Or add Shrimp?
Personally I'd take a bowl......AND seconds please.
Good job,

Don

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Looks absolutely delicious!!! Nice one.

 

[TNJAKE]

Good looking pastalaya

 

[JLeonard]

Looks and sounds good! I’m all about some One pot meals.
Jim

 

[zwiller]

Looks good to me and earned ya a like. The cajun dishes I ran using cajun seasoning turned out far better than a DIY spice profile. I think there is some thyme, file, or other magic in them. One of the coonazzes here turned my onto LeBlancs. From here, I think if you really wanna go for it, using stock made with smoked stuff like hock instead of water.

 

[Kvgsqtii]

Looks good to me and earned ya a like. The cajun dishes I ran using cajun seasoning turned out far better than a DIY spice profile. I think there is some thyme, file, or other magic in them. One of the coonazzes here turned my onto LeBlancs. From here, I think if you really wanna go for it, using stock made with smoked stuff like hock instead of water.

I'll try that for next time. I have used Tony Chacheres in the past and we like it on grilled fish alot. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Kvgsqtii]

Looks GREAT! Don 't know if I would change anything.
Smoked Gouda?
Celery seed for and "Old Bay" feel?
Or add Shrimp?
Personally I'd take a bowl......AND seconds please.
Good job,

Don

I'm sure my wife would love the addition of shrimp. Thanks for the suggestion.

Looks absolutely delicious!!! Nice one.

Thanks for the like

Good looking pastalaya

Pastalaya, I'm stealing that one

Looks and sounds good! I’m all about some One pot meals.
Jim

We love one pot meals for weeknights.

 

[jcam222]

Looks great! I like doing one pan / pot meals too