Shrimp Creole

Categories: Casseroles- One Dish Meals

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1 /2 cup green pepper, finely chopped
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 2 lbs. cleaned shrimp, fresh or frozen
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1/2 tsp. red pepper
• 1 cup water
• 2 Tbsp. celery, minced
• parsley
• 2 Tbsp. green onion tops, minced
• hot cooked rice

Directions

1. make a golden brown roux of shortening and flour. Add onion, green pepper and celery. Simmer until these soften. Add tomato sauce and water, cover, and simmer over low heat about 20 minutes. Add shrimp, salt, and additional water, if necessary. Cook 5 to 10 minutes longer. Serve over cooked rice.

2. Roux is the flour and fat mixture used to thicken

3. sauces made by melting fat, blending in an equal amount of flour, browning, then gradually stirring in liquid to make the sauce on which the dish is based. If mixture is not browned, it is known as a blonde roux.

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