Festive Creole Shrimp Recipes

SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Heat oil and make a dark roux with flour. Combine onion, celery, green pepper and garlic to make a mirepoix and add to roux. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and their juice, shrimp stock and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Add shrimp and cook until pink. Season to taste with salt and cayenne. To serve, ladle over steamed rice and garnish with parsley.

CREOLE SHRIMP

Steps:

• Get the pan hot over a medium high flame, saute all ingredients, except flour, tomato paste and tomatoes, in the olive oil and butter until they begin to wilt. Add flour and tomato paste. Season with oregano, thyme, parsley. cayenne pepper, white pepper and black pepper.
• Saute all that until it begins to brown. After 5 minutes when it's quite brown, add the tomatoes. Stir in hot pepper sauce and Worcestershire, to taste. Add sugar and salt. Reduce heat and let the sauce simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Shrimp: In a pan over medium heat, saute shrimp in 1 tablespoon of whole butter. While the shrimp is cooking, splash it with white wine. Then add to taste, some chopped scallions, a pinch of parsley and a bit of cayenne pepper and paprika.
• After the shrimp is almost ready, add it to the sauce for 3 to 4 minutes. so the Creole flavor cooks into the shrimp. Prepare the serving plates with cooked rice. Ladle the shrimp and Creole sauce into the rice beds, making sure there is lots of sauce. (Creole dishes feature "Lots of Gravy"). Garnish with sliced scallions (the green parts) for color and lemon wedges.

FESTIVE CREOLE SHRIMP

Steps:

• In 12-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until browned, stirring often. With slotted spoon, transfer bacon to medium bowl.
• To bacon fat in skillet, add garlic, celery, peppers, and onion; cook over medium-high heat, uncovered, 15 minutes or until vegetables are very tender and pale golden, stirring occasionally. Stir in tomatoes and clam juice; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook 30 minutes or until most liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally.
• Stir shrimp into vegetable mixture and cook 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn opaque throughout, stirring frequently. Remove skillet from heat. Stir in lime juice, hot pepper sauce, and bacon. Transfer shrimp mixture to large serving bowl. Serve shrimp mixture over grits or rice.