Shrimp Sauce Piquant
photo by Rita1652
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 1⁄4 cups chopped onions
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped green bell peppers
- 3⁄4 cup chopped celery
- 3 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
- 1 cup canned tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoons minced jalapenos (can be jarred, but soak first to remove vinegar)
- 2 bay leaves
- 5 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cayenne pepper
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons white pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 1⁄4 cups fish stock
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 lbs peeled raw large shrimp
- 4 cups hot cooked rice
directions
- Melt the butter in a 4-quart non-stick saucepan over high heat; add the onions, bell pepper, and celery and saute for about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, jalapeno, bay leaves, ground peppers, and garlic, stirring well; cook about 3 minutes and stir often.
- Stir in the stock, sugar and salt and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer until flavors are married, about 20 minutes, stirring often.
- Turn the heat up to high, and when the sauce is boiling, remove from heat.
- Add in the shrimp, push them down in the sauce, cover the pan and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Remove bay leaves.
- To serve, mound 1/2 cup cooked rice in the center of each serving bowl, then pour about 1/2 cup sauce around the rice and arrange 8 shrimp on the top of the sauce.
- Serve with a cool beverage of your choice-- you'll need it!
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I have been planning on making this recipe for a while, and I am sure glad that I finally got around to it. This recipe is great. DH is used to trying new recipes and is always happy to give me his opinion. He raved about this recipe. I used 1 large jalapeno pepper and about 1 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper. It was plenty hot. I knew I couldn't quite go to you level of heat!!!!! This will be a regular around our house. I did cook the shrimp for a couple of minutes before turning off also.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
FlemishMinx
Belgium
I am an American married to a Belgian, and have lived in Belgium since December 1999. Cooking is my major hobby. I'm also an avid reader, but I have difficulty finding the time. I love to travel. Since moving to Europe I've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go a couple of times per year to Paris, as well as having visited London, Rome, Florence, Naples, Amsterdam, and of course Brussels and Antwerp. I've seen at least parts of most regions of France, as well as parts of Germany, Austria, a great deal of Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, and Monaco. I'm absolutely in love with the Bay of Naples and Sorrento coast areas of Italy, which my husband and I recently re-visited on a trip that included Rome, Puglia, Umbria and Marche. I'm still looking forward to Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic . . . the list is too long ! One of the bonuses of travel is getting to taste the local cuisine, and afterward trying to figure out how to duplicate it at home.
I think cooking is one of the nicest things a person can do for someone they love (including themself!)
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