Shrimp Etouffee
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 6 6 tablespoons shortening or 6 tablespoons oil
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 6 green onions with tops, chopped
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup celery, chopped (optional)
- 2 cups water
- 1⁄4 cup parsley, chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon tony chacherie's cajun seasoning
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 lbs shrimp, cleaned and deveined
directions
- Make a roux with the flour and butter by heating the butter and stirring in the flour.
- On medium low cook the roux until it turns a rich chocolate brown. This will take awhile, maybe 45 minutes to get it right. You don't want it to burn or you can't use it.
- Keep an eye on it but you don't have to stand over the pot the whole time.
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When roux is ready:
- Add all of the veggies and cook until tender.
- Stir in the water slowly. When combined with the roux add the parsley, shrimp and seasonings. Cook another 15-20 minutes or until shrimp are done, they will turn pink or red when done. Remove bay leaf. Taste seasonings--you may need to add salt.
- Serve over hot cooked rice. Now this is when you add a pinch or two of gumbo filet'. You may want to add a splash of Louisiana hot sauce too. I always do. Gumbo filet' is actually sassafras root or bark. I was taught that it is added to your plate and not cooked in with the food.
- I always serve this dish with garlic bread and sweet green peas on the side but that is up to you.
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I love to cook,I began at age 9 because my mom was always sick and had 4 children to care for.I also helped my grandma in the kitchen as she cooked for everyone.She was a true cajun cook.We always had a kitchen garden so everything we used was fresh.I was born in Louisiana but lived my older years in Texas.I moved to Illinois with my husband in 2003 and 1
month later found he had brain cancer.He passed away 2 years later.I love it so much I am still here.