Shrimp Creole
Shrimp Creole, from above
Non vegNew Orleans

Shrimp Creole

Prawns in a spicy tomato gravy with the trinity. New Orleans' red counterpart to étouffée.

50 minTime
34 gProtein each
mediumSpice
City food, Creole style2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPrawns simmered in a spicy Creole tomato sauce with the trinity, over rice.
The original
544kcalsame
34 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
50minutessame

Shrimp Creole.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Prawns (shrimp)peeled and deveined
Butter2 tbsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp
Onion1 large, chopped
Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1 green bell pepper, diced
Celery2 stalks, diced
Garlic4 cloves
Tomato4, chopped, or a tin
Tomato puree½ cup
Chicken stock (chicken broth)1 cup
Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2
Dried thyme½ tsp
Paprika1 tsp
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)½ tsp cayenne
Red chilli sauce2 tsp hot sauce
Worcestershire sauce1 tsp
Sugar1 tsp
Saltto taste
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced
Flat leaf parsleya handful
Rice1½ cups long grain, to serve

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Melt butter with oil and cook onion, pepper and celery until soft. Add garlic.
  2. 2Add tomatoes, puree, stock, bay, thyme, paprika, cayenne, hot sauce, Worcestershire and sugar. Simmer 20 minutes.
  3. 3Cook the rice meanwhile.
  4. 4Add prawns and simmer 3 to 4 minutes until pink. Stir in spring onions and parsley.
Serve it like this

Ring a shallow bowl with rice and ladle the shrimp Creole into the centre. Spring onions on top, hot sauce and French bread on the side.

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Bread or rice Baguette150 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Coconut chutney10 min
On the side Bhindi masala35 min
To drink Kokum sharbat25 min
Something sweet New Orleans pralines35 min
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