This is about as Cajun as you can get. I learned this recipe from family and local research and added my own flair to it. This same recipe can be used with shrimp or chicken.

basic starter

All of the tomatoes I use from my garden. I have been making this for many years

Our first big "adult" purchase was our giant shiny 8-quart Calphalon stock pot, used almost exclusively for this sauce :)
This is a family recipe for arrabiata sauce passed down by the Polish women in my family for at least three generations now. (How a spicy Italian meat sauce became the star dish of a Polish cook, I have no idea.)
Great meat sauce starts with great meat. We've found the key is to buy from a specialized butcher. If you have an Italian butcher, even better. It's more expensive, but worth every penny. We get ours out at Springfield Butcher in Springfield, Virginia. Even higher end grocery stores, like Wegmans or Whole Foods, simply can't cut it when the flavor of the meat is this important.
The only other ingredient I am super picky about is the brand of crushed tomatoes we use. Cento (the bright yellow can) is the ONLY brand we have ever found that uses nothing but tomatoes. No citric acid, no salt, no nothing but tomatoes. We've made it before with other brands, and it is not the same.This is the recipe as it now stands. My mother made changes to it over the years, and we made ours. We like things SPICY so we use all hot Italian sausage, but you can dial back the spice by using half hot and half sweet.
This recipe makes a LOT of sauce - you'll need an 8-quart stock pot if making on the stovetop, or else a large crockpot. Leftovers can be easily frozen in small 1-quart Tupperwares for easy meals. We usually get least 6 meals out of this recipe.

This was after I used some in a pork curry

I don't really have to story for this sauce, i kind of thought of making it out craving for shrimps

The hearty pasta sauce my 1st generation Italian-American grandmother made when I was growing up took all day to make. I decided to see if I could speed up the process using today's Ninja Foodi technology. Any electric pressure cooker (like an Instapot) should work the same. This helps reduce homemade sauce from an 8+ hour event down to under 2 hours.This recipe makes a really large batch (max capacity in my 8qt Foodi Deluxe). I make a ton and can what we don't eat in 1qt mason jars for future dinners. If you have a smaller pressure cooker or a smaller family, you will want to reduce the recipe by half. It will still make enough for leftovers.The optional corn starch is to thicken the sauce to desired consistency. Because it's been pressure cooked, the flavors are already infused really well, the ingredients all softened to perfection. No need to cook it down to meld the flavors, so we can thicken it instead. If you prefer a more soupy sauce, skip that part.**If canning, because acid has been reduced and meat is in the sauce, you need to add some lemon juice to boost acid and only use a pressure canner specifically designed for low acid foods.**

This is my go-to meat sauce. It works great for pasta, or to top French Fries.

Note: Big red chillies Oftentimes, is used for its vibrant colour in most Asian dishes. It's less spicy compared to small bird-eye chillies.#breakfast #lunch #dinner #asian #chicken #Chili #chillies #stirfry #protein #hot #spicy #spices