Best Shrimp Creole Over Rice Food

CREOLE SHRIMP & RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the celery, onion and green pepper in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the tomatoes, soup mix, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes., Add shrimp; heat through. Discard bay leaf. Serve with rice. Freeze option: Stir in shrimp but do not heat through. Cool mixture; freeze in freezer containers for up to 3 months. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, gently stirring and adding a little water if necessary. Serve with rice.

CLASSIC SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine the oil and flour in a Dutch oven . Cook over medium heat, stirring, until mixture is golden colored. This should take about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add the onion, celery, green onions, green pepper, and garlic. Cook, stirring often, 15 minutes or more until the vegetables are tender.
• Stir in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, bay leaves, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce , and hot sauce, and bring to a boil.
• Cover and reduce the heat. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Add shrimp and simmer for about 10 minutes more, or until the shrimp are cooked through and turn pink. Do not overcook the shrimp or they will get tough and rubbery.
• Remove the bay leaves.
• Stir in the chopped fresh parsley.
• Serve over hot cooked rice and enjoy.

SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Heat a large heavy Dutch oven over medium heat. Add oil. Cook garlic, onions, celery, and green bell peppers. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in cayenne and let caramelize. Add the seafood stock, tomatoes, Worcestershire, hot sauce, and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 35 minutes. Add shrimp and cook about 4 more minutes, until they are bright pink and cooked through. Garnish with green onions.

SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• In a large heavy kettle cook garlic, onions, celery, and bell peppers in oil over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add all remaining ingredients except shrimp and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, or until thickened. Stir in shrimp and cook, covered, over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Serve shrimp and sauce over coked rice.

AUTHENTIC SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Cook onion, celery and garlic in hot oil until tender but not brown.
• Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and seasonings.
• Simmer uncovered about 45 minutes.
• Mix cornstarch and 2 teaspoon water, stir into sauce.
• Add shrimp, simmer until done (about 5 minutes).
• Serve with yellow rice.

LOUISIANA SHRIMP CREOLE II

Steps:

• In a 2 quart saucepan, melt butter or margarine over medium heat. Add onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic; cook until tender.
• Mix in cornstarch. Stir in stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, and red pepper sauce. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Stir in shrimp, and cook for 5 minutes.

SHRIMP CREOLE OVER RICE

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions; set aside.
• Meanwhile, in large nonstick skillet melt 1 T. butter over medium-high heat. Add shrimp; cook, turning once, until pink and opaque, 1-2 minutes per side. Remove from skillet: set aside.
• In same skillet melt remaining 1 T. butter over medium-high heat. Add okra, onion, garlic, thyme, salt, pepper flakes and bay leaf; cook until vegetables are softened, about 6 minutes. Stir in tomatoes with juice, soup and vinegar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer until flavors blend, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in reserved shrimp; heat through, 1 minute. Remove and discard bay leaf; serve over rice.

BEST SHRIMP CREOLE OVER RICE

Steps:

• Rinse shrimp well and pat dry on paper towels.
• In a bowl, rinse reserved shells well in several changes of water, drain them in a colander.
• Combine them with 2 cups water in a saucepan.
• Bring to boil and simmer mixture for 20 minutes.
• Strain broth through a sieve lined with a dampened paper towel (there should be about 1 ¼ cups of broth, if not, add enough water to measure, or reduce).
• Reserve.
• In a large skillet, melt 2 tblsps butter over moderately-low heat and in it cook the garlic, stirring, until it is pale golden.
• Discard garlic and add shrimp to the oil.
• Cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 3 minutes, or until barely pink, but not cooked through.
• Transfer shrimp to a bowl, add remaining 2 tblsps of butter to the skillet and cook onion, peppers, mushrooms and celery, stirring, for 5 minutes.
• Add paprika and flour and cook over moderately-low heat, stirring, for 3 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste and reserved shrimp broth and bring to boil.
• Add shrimp mixture and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes, or until shrimp are cooked through.
• Stir in sour cream and Tabasco.
• Bring mixture to a simmer, stirring, and season with salt and pepper (may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled. Reheat in skillet over moderately-low heat, stirring, until heated through, but do not let boil.) Spoon Shrimp Creole in center and around edge of rice ring and garnish with parsley.

SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high.
• Add shrimp and cook about 2 minutes on each side, or until they just turn pink (they will cook more later).
• Remove from the pan.
• Add the onion and garlic to the skillet and cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring, or until the vegetables are softened.
• Add the peppers and cook another 3 to 4 minutes, again stirring frequently.
• Add the tomatoes and old bay and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the shrimp and cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until they are heated through.
• Remove from heat, stir in the parsley; serve immediately.

SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Make tomato sauce:
• In a large heavy skillet cook onion in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add remaining sauce ingredients and salt and pepper to taste and simmer sauce, stirring occasionally, 45 minutes, or until thickened. Discard bay leaf and in a food processor purée sauce until smooth. Tomato sauce may be prepared up to this point 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.
• Make Creole seasoning:
• In a small bowl stir together Creole seasoning ingredients.
• In a large heavy saucepan cook onion, celery, bell peppers, and jalapeño in oil over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until softened. Add garlic and cook 1 minute. Add Creole seasoning and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add tomatoes and 2 cups sauce and simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Creole sauce may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring Creole sauce to a simmer before proceeding.
• Discard bay leaves and add shrimp to Creole sauce. Simmer mixture, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes, or until shrimp are cooked through.
• Serve shrimp Creole over rice, garnished with parsley.

DELICIOUS SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic in hot oil until soft, 5 to 7 minutes; add diced tomatoes and green chiles, tomato sauce, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and bay leaves. Reduce heat to medium low and continue cooking until vegetables are soft, about 30 minutes.
• Put flour into a large sealable plastic bag. Season flour with salt and pepper. Add shrimp to bag, close bag, and shake to coat shrimp in seasoned flour.
• Stir tomato juice into the mixture in the Dutch oven. Reduce heat to low and cook until the juice reduces slightly, about 5 minutes; add shrimp and cook until shrimp turn pink, about 5 minutes. Remove Dutch oven from heat and let the residual heat finish cooking the shrimp until they are bright pink and the meat is no longer translucent, about 5 minutes more.

BEST SHRIMP CREOLE EVER

Steps:

• Pour oil in heavy pot. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, all tomatoes, salt, sugar, and bay leaves. (that's everything but shrimp, broth, and flour) Bring to boil, then turn to medium heat. Cook for 1 hour; stirring occasionally at first. increase frequency of stirring as hour progresses and liquid reduces. After one hour the mixture goes from soupy to thick paste. careful not to scorch as thickens.
• Dissolve flour in chicken broth and add to tomato sauce mixture. Bring to boil. Add shrimp and bring back to boil; boil 10 minutes. Turn heat off, cover pot and let set for 20 minutes.
• Serve over rice and enjoy!
• note: I use tabasco as condiment since hot is such a personal thing.

SHRIMP CREOLE FOR 2

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute the green pepper, onion, celery and garlic in oil until tender. In a small bowl, combine the clam juice or broth and tomato paste; add to the pan along with parsley and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in shrimp; cook 5-6 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink. Serve over rice.