Saucy Creole Shrimp For One Food

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.

SPICY SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven on medium heat. Saute celery, onions, and garlic in the Dutch oven until the onions are pearly white and the celery has begun to soften.
• Mix sugar, flour, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper into the Dutch oven. Add crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce, both pieces of bay leaf, and hot sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil, then turn the heat to low.
• Let the mixture simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Approximately 15 minutes before serving, add shrimp to the pot and stir well. If necessary, raise the temperature to medium-low to ensure the Creole is bubbling but not burning. Scoop out the bay leaf halves before serving. Serve when the shrimp is pink and thoroughly cooked.

SHRIMP CREOLE FOR ONE

Steps:

• Heat a 10-inch medium saucepan or skillet over medium heat and melt the butter.
• Add the onions, peppers, celery and garlic to the pan. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Cook the vegetables, stirring occasionally until slightly softened, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in the diced tomatoes. Bring the mixture to a boil and reduce to a simmer; continue to cook for 10 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the water and the flour and add to the tomato mixture. Continue to simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the Worcestershire sauce and the hot sauce and continue to cook for 5 minutes longer.
• Season the shrimp with the creole seasoning and add to the pan. Cook the shrimp until they are pink and cooked through, about 5-6 minutes.
• Taste and add additional salt, if necessary.
• Top with chopped green onions and serve over white rice.

SHRIMP WITH CREOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute the onion, green pepper and celery in oil for 3-4 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain tomatoes, reserving juice; add juice to skillet. Mash tomatoes and add to skillet. Stir in the parsley, water, tomato paste, lime juice and seasonings. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until thickened. Serve warm with shrimp.

SAUCY CREOLE SHRIMP

Steps:

• In 5-quart saucepot, melt butter on med. Add celery, green pepper, onion and Creole seasoning. Cook 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Sprinkle flour over vegetables. Cook 2 minutes, stirring. Add tomatoes; cook 2 minutes or until tomatoes are very soft, scraping up browned bits. Stir in clam juice. Heat to simmering on high.
• Add shrimp, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Simmer 5 minutes or until shrimp are just cooked through, stirring occasionally. Serve over rice with additional hot sauce, if desired.

CREOLE SHRIMP

Steps:

• Get the pan hot over a medium high flame, saute all ingredients, except flour, tomato paste and tomatoes, in the olive oil and butter until they begin to wilt. Add flour and tomato paste. Season with oregano, thyme, parsley. cayenne pepper, white pepper and black pepper.
• Saute all that until it begins to brown. After 5 minutes when it's quite brown, add the tomatoes. Stir in hot pepper sauce and Worcestershire, to taste. Add sugar and salt. Reduce heat and let the sauce simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Shrimp: In a pan over medium heat, saute shrimp in 1 tablespoon of whole butter. While the shrimp is cooking, splash it with white wine. Then add to taste, some chopped scallions, a pinch of parsley and a bit of cayenne pepper and paprika.
• After the shrimp is almost ready, add it to the sauce for 3 to 4 minutes. so the Creole flavor cooks into the shrimp. Prepare the serving plates with cooked rice. Ladle the shrimp and Creole sauce into the rice beds, making sure there is lots of sauce. (Creole dishes feature "Lots of Gravy"). Garnish with sliced scallions (the green parts) for color and lemon wedges.

SAUCY CREOLE SHRIMP FOR ONE

Steps:

• Bring fish stock to a simmer in a saucepan and add the garlic.
• Cook 1 minute, then add the shrimp and cook 1 minute more.
• Add Creole seasoning and tomato paste and cook until thickened and shrimp are cooked through ("c" shaped - NOT "o" shaped!).
• Pour into a bowl or over your favourite starch and enjoy.

HOMEMADE SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the onion, green pepper, celery and garlic in oil for 6 minutes. Stir in the tomato sauce, chili powder, sugar and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add shrimp; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink. Serve with rice if desired.

SHRIMP CREOLE II

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes; set aside. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• In a large saucepan or pot, melt butter over medium heat, and saute carrots, onions, bell pepper, celery, mushrooms, and zucchini, until just tender. Stir in tomatoes and tomato sauce. Let cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
• Mix shrimp, pimientos, and chili powder into the pot. Stir in cooked rice and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
• Pour mixture into a 9x13 inch dish. Bake in preheated oven until the rice mixture thickens, about 40 minutes.

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.

SIMPLE SHRIMP CREOLE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute the onion, green pepper and celery in butter until tender. Add the tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, salt and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves., In a small bowl, whisk together flour and water until smooth; add to tomato mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in shrimp, Worcestershire and hot pepper sauce. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Stir in green onions and parsley. Serve with rice.

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.

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.

SAUCY CREOLE-STYLE SHRIMP SKILLET

Steps:

• Cook bacon and onions in large skillet on medium-high heat 10 min. or until bacon is crisp, stirring frequently. Add green peppers; cook an additional 3 min. or until peppers are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in shrimp; cook 3 to 5 min. or until shrimp turn pink, stirring occasionally.
• Add tomatoes, broth and red pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 3 min. or until heated through. Serve over the rice. Top with sour cream.

CREAMY CREOLE SHRIMP AND CHICKEN OVER PENNE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a large skillet over Medium heat (You will need a pan big enough to add an entire jar of Alfredo sauce plus the shrimp and chicken).
• Add shrimp and saute until pink. (You can season the shrimp with Creole seasoning for more heat if you like). When pink and firm, remove from pan and set aside.
• Heat 1 tsp olive oil in the same large skillet over Medium/High heat.
• Add chicken and cook until no longer pink. (You can also season chicken with Creole seasoning for heat). Remove from pan and set aside.
• In the same pan, heat 1 Tbsp olive oil over Medium - Medium/High heat.
• Add green onions, diced tomatoes, 2 tsp Creole seasoning and garlic powder. Cook for 5-7 minutes until a there is a good amount of liquid in the pan from tomatoes.
• Add Alfredo sauce to tomato mixture and stir to combine.
• Add shrimp and chicken to Alfredo/tomato mixture and stir gently to combine.
• Reduce heat to Medium/Low. Cover and allow to simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce reaches a warm/hot serving temperature. About 8 - 10 minutes.
• While sauce is heating, cook Penne according to the directions on the box.
• When sauce is hot and penne is cooked, serve sauce mixture over Penne pasta.