Andouille Sausage is a staple in Louisiana Cajun and Creole cuisine. Its origin is thought to come from France or Germany. In the US, it is made with pork butt and is highly seasoned and usually undergoes two rounds of smoking. First, the meat used as the filling is smoked and once placed in the sausage casing, it is smoked again.

Andouille sausage is one of the key ingredients in jambalaya, gumbo and red beans and rice. However, it can be used in any dish that could be complemented by a smokey piece of sausages. And if cut into larger 1-inch chunks, it is great in a boiled crawfish batch because all of the seasonings get soaked into the sausage and kicks it up another level.

This is not a difficult recipe to make, but it does require some special equipment. Specifically, you will need a meat grinder and medium-sized sausage casings and a smoker. Andouille sausage may be difficult to source outside of Louisiana. If you are unable to find it locally, and don’t want to make it from scratch, you can order it online at Cajun Grocer or NOLA Cajun.

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Andouille Sausage

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Flip Flop Foodies Course: Smoked MeatsCuisine: CajunDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

4

hours 

Ingredients

• 5 lbs 5 pork butt

• 1/2 lb 1/2 pork fat

• 1/2 cup 1/2 minced garlic

• 1/4 cup 1/4 cracked black peppercorn

• 2 tbsp 2 cayenne pepper

• 2 tbsp 2 salt

• 6 ft 6 beef middle casing

Directions

• Cube pork butt into 1 1/2-inch cubes. Using a meat grinder with 4 (1/4-inch) holes in the grinding plate, grind pork and pork fat. If you do not have a grinding plate this size, hand-cut pork butt into 1/4-inch square pieces.
• Place ground pork in a large mixing bowl, and blend in all remaining ingredients except casing. Once well blended, stuff meat into casings in 1-foot links, using sausage attachment on meat grinder.
• Tie both ends of sausage securely with heavy-gauge twine. Smoke andouille at 175 – 200°F for 4 – 5 hours. Andouille may be frozen and used for seasoning gumbos, beans or pastas and can also be grilled as an appetizer.