Several years ago, one of my husband’s assistants made this Shrimp Creole and the recipe immediately became a family favorite! Wonderfully seasoned spicy tomato sauce full of vegetables and shrimp is served over fluffy white rice. It is so good!
Gather your supplies.
You can use canned tomatoes or cook your own. Since tomatoes are in season, I peeled and coarsely chopped up several to make 1 3/4 cup of tomatoes.
Bring tomatoes to a full boil and simmer about 5 minutes. Set aside.
Melt butter in a heavy pan and add onion, green pepper and celery. Cook until the celery is tender.
Blend cornstarch and tomato juice. Mix sugar and seasonings with tomatoes. Add to celery mixture. Add cornstarch mixture.
Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until mixture is thickened.
Rinse shrimp, remove tails, if necessary. Drain well.
Add shrimp to hot creole sauce. If shrimp is uncooked, simmer gently for about 10 minutes or until shrimp is pink and tender. If shrimp has been cooked, cook for about about 5 minutes or until shrimp is warm.
Serve with hot fluffy rice. Your family will love this. Enjoy!!!
Shrimp Creole
Ingredients
Creole Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons onion flakes (or 1/4 cup chopped green onion)
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup tomato juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- 2 teaspoons parsley flakes
- dash pepper
- 1 3/4 cups cooked or canned tomatoes
- 1-1 1/2 pounds uncooked shrimp, peeled (can also used cooked shrimp)
- 4 cups cooked rice
Instructions
Creole Sauce
- Melt butter in heavy skillet. Add onion flakes (or green onion), green pepper and celery. Cook until the celery is tender, about 5-8 minutes,
- Blend cornstarch and tomato juice in a separate bowl.
- Mix the sugar and seasonings with the tomatoes. Add to celery mixture. Cook and stir 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
- Add uncooked shrimp to hot creole sauce and simmer gently about 10 minutes, or until shrimp is pink and tender. If using cooked shrimp, just heat until shrimp is warm, about 5 minutes.
- Serve with hot fluffy rice.
