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Shrimp Etouffe

Type: Shellfish
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2   Butter
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozChopped onion
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozChopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup 55g / 1.9ozChopped celery
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozLarge peeled shrimp
1 tablespoon 15mlFlour
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped green onion
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped parsley
1 teaspoon 5mlBayou Blast - see * Note
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
  Worcestershire sauce - to taste
  Tabasco sauce - to taste
  Steamed rice - for serving
  Garnish
  Chopped green onion
  Chopped parsley
  Bayou Blast

Recipe Instructions

* Note: See the "Bayou Blast - {Emeril's Creole Seasoning}" recipe which is included in this collection.

In a medium saute pan melt butter over medium heat. Add onions, pepper and celery and saute until onions are translucent, about 3 minutes. Add shrimp and cook until they begin to turn pink.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl whisk flour with 1/4 cup water until it forms a smooth slurry. Pour flour mixture into saute pan, stirring it in thoroughly. Stir in green onion, parsley and Bayou Blast. Adjust seasoning to taste with salt, pepper, Worcestershire, Tabasco and extra Creole seasoning.

To serve, spoon hot rice on warm dinner plates and surround with shrimp, sauce and vegetables. Sprinkle with green onions and parsley and dust edges of plate with Creole seasoning.

This recipe yields 2 servings

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-012 broadcast 03-21-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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