Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, shrimp creole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Shrimp Creole is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Shrimp Creole is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
This shrimp creole does just that. It's a memorable dish that truly packs a punch. Rice and diced tomatoes make up the base of the dish, while the additions of bell peppers, onion, celery, bay leaf, parsley, and red pepper.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook shrimp creole using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Creole:
- Get 4 cup Coarsely Chopped Tomatos
- Make ready 3 lb 20/24 Count Shrimp
- Prepare 1/2 cup Vegtable Oil
- Take 2 cup Coarsley Chopped Onions
- Take 1 cup Coarsley Chopped Bell Peppers
- Take 1 cup Coarsley Chopped Celery
- Take 2 tsp Finly Chopped Garlic
- Prepare 1 cup Water
- Get 2 each Bay Leaves
- Make ready 1 tbsp Paprika
- Take 1 Cayenne
- Prepare 1 Salt
- Get 2 tbsp Cornstarch mixed w/ 1/4 cup cold water
- Take 8 cup Rice
- Prepare 5 tsp Tony Chacheres
Add the tomato sauce, oregano and bay leaf. Shrimp Creole originated in South Louisiana where gulf shrimp are plentiful. The shrimp are simmered in a spicy tomato sauce and the dish is served over rice. It makes a great one-pot meal for family gatherings or potlucks.
Instructions to make Shrimp Creole:
- Drain and chop tomatos coarsley
- Peal and devain shrimp let dry on paper towel
- In heavy pot, heat oil over med. heat. Add onions, green peppers, celery, and garlic, stirring frequently, cook apx. 5 min.s till vegetables are soft and translucent but Not Brown.
- Stir in the tomatos, water, bay leaves, paprika, cayenne, and salt, bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low cover partly and simmer for apx. 25 min.s untill thick. Add shrimp simmer apx. 5 more min.s
- Stir in cornstarch and water, cook over low heat for 2 or 3 more min.s till sauce thickens a little pull bay leaves out taste for seasoning adjust, serve over rice with a little green onion on top
- Add stir in Tony's to taste
- I know some dont like this or that but try it before changing anything!
- Setve over hot rice with some fresh chopped green onlons as garnish, Enjoy love Daddy!
Shrimp Creole is a classic Louisiana dish, one of the easiest to make. I like to add a little bacon to my Shrimp Creole for some smokiness. I start by cooking the bacon and then using the bacon fat to saute the veggies. The fresher the shrimp, the better. Shrimp Creole is only as good as the shrimp you use.
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