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Shrimp Ettoufee Recipe

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Category:
Category:

Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Spices:
1 t basil
1 t black pepper
1 t white pepper
½ t cayenne pepper (I use Aleppo)
2 t salt
2 t paprika
Make spice packet up ahead of time.

MAIN:
1 c. butter
½ c flour
6 c onions, chopped
1 c celery, chopped
1 c green pepper, chopped
2 t minced garlic
2½ c shrimp or chicken stock
1 t tabasco
2 lb peeled raw shrimp 21-25 or 26-30

Directions:
Directions:
First you make a roux
Heat butter in very large saute pan.
Add flour and stir (I use a flat whisk) until you have a peanut butter colored roux.

Add onion, celery, and green peppers.
Cook until onions are translucent.
Add spice packet up. Cook for 2 minutes.
Stir in Stock and Tabasco.
Bring to gentle boil.
Add shrimp, cook until done, 3 to 5 minutes.

Take off heat, cover until ready to serve.
Serve with steamed white or brown rice.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6 to 8
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1/2 hour
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
From "The Gumbo Shop" New Orleans, LA
They make it with crayfish, something that is hard to get in most of the rest of the country. Shrimp does just fine.

 

 

 

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