Shrimp Etouffeé

Chef Dine's Note:

This is a winner! Lots of ingredients but your reward with so many complex flavors that really compliment one another!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• ½ cup butter
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup thinly sliced green onion
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• ½ cup chopped bell pepper (red or yellow)
• ½ cup chopped celery
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 bay leaf
• ¼ teaspoon dry thyme leaves
• ½ teaspoon dry basil leaves
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice
• ½ cup water
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• ¼-¾ teaspoon liquid hot pepper sauce
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 ½ lbs cooked shrimp
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
• 4 -6 cups hot cooked rice

Directions:

1. Melt butter in a 4-5 quart pan over medium heat. Stir in flour until bubbly. Stir in green onion, yellow onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, bay leaf, thyme and basil.
2. Reduce heat to low and cook, uncovered, stirring often until vegetables are soft, 20-30 minutes.
3. Add the tomato sauce, wine, clam juice, water, Worcestershire sauce, white pepper and hot pepper sauce to taste. Bring to a boil while stirring over high heat.
4. Turn down heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced to 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 cups, (about 45 minutes).
5. Stir in lemon peel, lemon juice, parsley and shrimp. Simmer until shrimp are heated through.
6. Serve over hot cooked rice. Makes 6 servings.

Reviews

[Sharron]

THIS IS AWESOME DELICIOUS!!! The only thing I changed was instead of 8 oz. clam juice I used 8 oz. chicken broth, 6 TBSP butter instead of 8, about 6-8 garlic cloves (I just LOVE garlic) and I added the green onions towards the end with the shrimp. I had about 21 huge prawns that I chopped each into thirds so there were bite size chunks of shrimp all throughout. I served over white rice. I will definitely make this one a lot. Thank You.

[YungB]

Very rich but deliciou dish. Easy to put together which is a big plus for me. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

[~Nimz~]

This was excellent. So full of flavor. I left out the thyme (don't like it) and used chicken stock instead of the clam juice but other than that I made as directed. Will make this again.