Saturday, February 26, 2011

Shrimp Creole tonight!

I had a cookbook that my grandmother gave me back in the 70's.  It had the absolute best shrimp creole recipe ever.  I can't find that cookbook.  I know it is here somewhere, but can't locate it.  So, I have googled recipes and read and read them hoping to find the one I had.  I know it was from a Southern Living Cookbook.  However, no luck.  I have decided to go with Paula Deen's recipe, even though it goes in the crockpot.  It is the closest to the original that I had. I will let you know tomorrow the result.  Here it is:

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup diced green bell peppers
1/2 cup diced onions
1/2 cup diced celery
1 teaspoon chili powder
1   (14-ounce) can tomatoes
1   (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon white sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 lb peeled and deveined shrimp
green onions for garnish

Directions

Preheat crock pot on high.
In fry pan, heat olive oil. Add peppers, onions and celery. Cook until softened. Add chili powder and saute until caramelized. Remove from heat and pour into crock pot. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, hot sauce, Worcestershire, white sugar, salt and pepper. 
Cook for 3 hours. Add shrimp and cook for about 3 minutes. Serve over rice. Top with chopped green onions. 

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