Bacon Shrimp Creole Food

EASY SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• In a large pan coated with a little oil, cook bacon until brown and crispy. Remove bacon to a paper-towel lined plate.
• Add 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil to bacon drippings. Heat over medium heat and add green pepper, onion, and celery.
• Cook veggies, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook 1 more minute.
• Add all remaining ingredients EXCEPT shrimp, rice, green onions, and parsley. Simmer until slightly thickened, about 20 minutes.
• Add shrimp and cook until shrimp is cooked, about 2 minutes. Stir in cooked bacon.
• Remove bay leaf and serve over rice. Top with green onion and parsley.

SHRIMP CREOLE SOUP WITH BACON AND CHEDDAR DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large sauce pan until crispy and set aside.
• Add the onion, celery and peppers to the sauce pan and cook in the bacon grease over medium-high heat until tender and slightly golden brown, about 5-7 minutes.
• Add the garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant, about a minute.
• Sprinkle in the flour and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes.
• Add 1/2 cup of the broth and deglaze the pan by scraping up the brown bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon while the broth simmers.
• Add the remaining broth, the tomatoes, creole seasoning, bay leaves, TABASCO sauce, Worcestershire sauce and fish sauce, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Mix the flour, cornmeal, baking soda, butter, buttermilk, cheddar cheese and green onions along with the reserved bacon and drop 1 tablespoon 'balls' of the dough into the soup before letting them cook for 10 minutes, flipping the dumplings and letting them cook another 10 minutes.
• Add the shrimp and cook until they just turn pink, about 3 minutes before seasoning with salt and pepper to taste and serving garnished with green onions.

BAYOU SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat the bacon grease and slowly add the flour, (whisking constantly so it does not burn) until the roux becomes golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Add onion, bell pepper, and celery and stir until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Pour in the tomato sauce, tomatoes, and liquid from the tomatoes.
• Add the garlic, Tabasco, worcestershire, sugar, salt and pepper.
• Simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the wine and reduce by half, another 15 minutes.
• Add stock, 1/2 cup at a time, at about 15-20 minute intervals, reducing and stirring, let the vegetables really cook down.
• Taste all along the way, re-season according to your tastes.
• I like to cook this sauce down about 2 hours and then add the shrimp but you can add the shrimp anytime after the first hour.
• As soon as the shrimp are pink, about 10 minutes, remove the pot from the heat.
• Add the green onions, and parsley and serve over rice.

NEW ORLEANS SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, fry bacon until crisp, about 6 minutes.
• With a slotted spoon, remove bacon to a plate, leaving 2 tablespoons bacon drippings in (the best part!) Reduce heat to medium.
• Add onions, bell pepper, celery, and garlic and sauté until tender, about 6 to 7 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, stock, vinegar, mustard, Tabasco sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Return bacon to pan.
• Simmer over medium-low heat, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add wine and shrimp and cook until shrimp turn pink, about 5 minutes.

MUSHROOM SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp.
• Drain on paper towels.
• In the drippings, saute onions, green peppers and garlic.
• Add the next 8 ingredients.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-45 minutes.
• Add the shrimp, mushrooms, butter, lemon juice and savory.
• Cook 5-10 minutes longer or until thoroughly heated.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Stir in bacon.
• Serve over rice.

CHARLESTON STYLE SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Cook onions, bell pepper, celery in bacon grease until done.
• Add all ingredients except shrimp and sugar.
• Cook 1 hour.
• Add shrimp and sugar cook additional 8-10 minutes until shrimp is done.
• Serve over rice.