by waaytoomuchintothis » Sat Jul 12, 2014 10:41 am
Is the Italian part the tomato sauce? Andouille sausage is Cajun, and nothing but Cajun. It comes from German immigrants to the Louisiana coast, well over a hundred years ago. It happened because so much of a pig would go to waste in the Gulf Coast heat after slaughtering that you had to make use of the meat fast or lose it. Being German, their solution was to make sausage using the unique local spices, which are the heart of Cajun cooking.
Andouille is used in everything, from soups, gumbos, and stews, like your chili, to fancy seafood etouffees, scrambled with eggs and peppers for breakfast and slow smoked on the grill for all kinds of things like sandwiches, muffalettas, or plain on a plate with German hot mustard.