Cajun Pasta Fresca

Submitted by Photo Momma

"This is such a yummy, spicy dinner! Sometimes, if I'm in a hurry, I will use a large can of diced tomatoes instead of chopping up the fresh. You could also add some chicken to this dish if you would like."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 453.59 g vermicelli
• 29.58 ml olive oil
• 4.92 ml garlic, minced
• 13 roma tomatoes, diced
• 14.79 ml salt
• 14.79 ml parsley
• 14.79 ml cajun seasoning
• 118.29 ml mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 118.29 ml parmesan cheese, grated

directions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
3. While the pasta water is boiling, in a large skillet over medium heat, briefly saute garlic in oil.
4. Stir in tomatoes and their juice and sprinkle with salt. When tomatoes are bubbly, mash slightly with a fork.
5. Stir in parsley, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes more.
6. Toss hot pasta with tomato sauce, Cajun seasoning, mozzarella and Parmesan.

Reviews

[Twiggyann]

We enjoyed this very much. I added two chicken boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite sized pieces that I cooked in about 1 tbsp of olive oil and seasoned with cajun seasoning and some of Emeril's Essence seasoning to the sauce right before I tossed everything together. For us, that made 4 servings (I cooked about 3/4 lb of linguine)