Making Shrimp Sausage

Series Summary

Sausages are some of the first prepared foods we know about. This mixture of meats, vegetables and spices is believed to come from the ancient Sumerian culture. Since the first sausage link, people the world over have made this tasty food a part of their local cuisine. And every culture has their own variation of the sausage recipe, making their own mixtures of seasonings, vegetables, and herbs. The ability of the sausage to adapt a variety of flavors has made it a favorite food worldwide.

In these sausage making videos, learn how to prepare a shrimp sausage recipe. Expert Karl James will walk you through this easy step-by-step dish. Learn what ingredients you need and how to prepare them, how to season the mixture, how to cook the pork and devein the shrimp, and even how to assemble the meat grinder and make the sausage in your own home.

When you’ve tied the last link, throw it on the grill, grab a beer, turn on some tunes, and enjoy a relaxing, savory Saturday afternoon.

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Karl James owner of Creolesoul Catering located in Round Rock, Tx on behalf of Expert Village I'm here to show you a creole shrimp sausage recipe. Okay sausage today we're going to do a creole shrimp sausage the thing about creole and cajun cooking or sausage making is that they stuff about anything. Into the casings and the sausage of you can do rabbit you can do goose, you can do chicken, turkey, catfish I mean basically anything. The trick is to figure out the right seasonings that goes well with those meats that you use for that sausage. Today what were going to do is a shrimp creole shrimp sausage it's going to be kind of spicy and were going to use some pork to actually bine that together. Another option would be to eliminate the pork and you can actually use egg whites to create that bite. For this recipe were going to use a little bit of pork and shrimp to make our fillings so let's get started."