Mike's EZ Cajun Shrimp Creole
Mike's EZ Cajun Shrimp Creole

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook mike's ez cajun shrimp creole using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's EZ Cajun Shrimp Creole:
  1. Make ready 2 Pounds LG Pre-Steamed Shrimp [shells or tails left on]
  2. Get 1 Ex LG White Onion [chopped]
  3. Get 3 LG Stalks Celery [chopped - with leaves]
  4. Get 1 Green Bell Pepper [chopped]
  5. Get 6 Cloves Garlic [minced]
  6. Get 1/3 Cup Green Onions [chopped + reserves]
  7. Prepare 1 (28 oz) Can Hunts Pureed Tomatoes
  8. Get 1 tbs Worshestershire Sauce
  9. Take 3 tbs Louisiana Hot Sauce [i use much, much more. as do my students]
  10. Prepare 1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  11. Make ready 1 LG Bay Leaf
  12. Take to taste Fresh Ground Black Pepper
  13. Prepare 2 tbs Olive Oil
  14. Take 1 tbs Creole Cajun Seasoning [such as Tony Chachere's - i use more]
  15. Take 2 Cups Seafood Stock
  16. Make ready 1 tsp Dried Thyme
  17. Get 4 tbs Hunts Tomato Paste
  18. Make ready as needed White Rice [minute or success rice works well in a pinch]

Shrimp Creole only differs slightly from Shrimp Etouffee in that tomato sauce is added to the Roux and great big jumbo Gulf of Mexico shrimp of course. When it comes to recipes for shrimp, this is about as easy a Cajun recipe as you'll ever find. Shrimp creole is a classic New Orleans dish made with the same technique as many other Cajun dishes. Usually Cajun or Creole meals will start off by cooking down the Cajun Trinity (onions, bell pepper, celery).

Steps to make Mike's EZ Cajun Shrimp Creole:
  1. Dethaw your pre-steamed shrimp.
  2. Make your own seafood stock.

Reserve any shrimp fluids from your dethawed shrimp bag and gently pull the tails from your shrimp. Place all the shells and tails and fluids in a pot with 2.5 cups of water. Boil for 15 minutes. Strain and reserve all stock.

  1. Brine your shrimp in ice water with 2 tbs salt and 1 tbs sugar for 15 minutes in fridge. Yes, you can brine pre-steamed shrimp! :0)
  2. While waiting, chop your vegetables. Add oil to pot and cook vegetables until they're translucent. Usually about 5 minutes. Not too long tho. You'll want some crisp to your veggies!
  3. Add your herbs, seasonings, tomato puree and paste plus, 1 cup seafood stock to pot. Mix well. Simmer down for 10 minutes or until your sauce thickens a bit. You'll want your sauce to be hearty and viscous enough to support your plump shrimp. But, thin enough to saturate your rice. If too thick, add additional seafood stock. In the end, if you want your sauce thicker - mix 2 tbs corn starch to 1 tbs water. Mix well and slowly add this slurry to your boiling sauce. It'll thicken up as it simmers so go slow.
  4. Drain your shrimp [remove ice] and place shrimp in your simmering pot. Simmer only until shrimp are hot or, your sauce has returned to a simmer. Remember, your shrimp are already pre-steamed and you don't want to over cook them.
  5. Boil your rice. Use whatever seafood stock you have left for that boil to season your rice.
  6. Serve hot - over white rice. Garnish dish with green onions and parsley. Serve with additional Louisiana Hot Sauce.

Enjoy my friends!

This dish is no exception??? Next, you'll smother down freshly diced tomatoes and simmer the shrimp in the sauce and serve above a bed of fluffy white rice. Shrimp Creole is a Louisiana style dish made with green bell pepper, sweet onion, celery, garlic and shrimp all simmered in a tomato base seasoned with creole seasoning and a splash of Tabasco. This flavor packed meal comes together in about thirty minutes making it ideal for any night of the week. Come grab a quick bite and drink with us in a small neighborhood casual pub. Cajun Mike's was started by four friends,??? This shrimp creole does just that.

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