Momma's Shrimp Creole

Submitted by CandyTX

"Another of Candy's mom's recipes - so you know it's going to be a little of this and a little of that. This is perfect for a cool or warm night... serve over rice or crackers."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon salad oil
• 16 ounces tomatoes, diced
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• hot pepper sauce, to taste
• 3⁄4 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1⁄2 cup green pepper, diced
• cornstarch, to thicken, if desired

directions

1. Brown onion and celery.
2. Add everything, except shrimp, into a pot and bring to a boil.
3. Add shrimp.
4. Shrimp will cook very quickly, within 5 minutes -- Shrimp will appear nice and pink.
5. I usually let it slowly simmer 15 minutes or so to let the flavor get through it.
6. This is also a great make - ahead and freeze dish. It only gets better the longer it sits.
7. We serve it over rice or with crackers and a side salad.

Reviews

[Sarabi]

This turned out very well! We used 1 pound of shrimp and it was just fine. We will make this again. Thank you for sharing!