Shrimp Étouffée...

[Gonna Smoke]

...was on the menu tonight. It's been awhile since I've made it so tonight I was going to change that. I bought the shrimp straight off the boat back in September. They had the heads on so after popping the heads, I boiled them to make my own stock which I put into quart containers in the freezer.

Ingredients

• 1 quart of local shrimp from the freezer, peeled and deveined
• 1 quart of homemade shrimp stock
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 rib of celery chopped
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic chopped
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 T Cajun seasoning. I used Slap Ya Mama, but a word of caution, it is very salty
• 1 T sweet paprika
• ⅓ cup of vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup AP flour
• Chopped green onions

Heat the oil on medium heat and add the flour stirring almost constantly until your desired darkness is achieved. For me, this was about 10-12 minutes...

Add the celery, peppers, and onions and saute until tender then add the garlic and cook just a couple more minutes...

Stir in the some of the shrimp stock and then the seasonings. Simmer covered on low for maybe 5-7 minutes. If it gets too thick, add more stock. I used maybe ¾ of the quart. Add the shrimp and cook for a few more minutes until the shrimp are done...

Served with rice and topped with the green onions. Time to eat...

With the homemade shrimp stock, the shrimp taste was very intense and fantastic...

 

[SmokinEdge]

Looks excellent! Nice work.

 

[flatbroke]

Oui Oui! Looks great.

 

[rw 12]

...was on the menu tonight. It's been awhile since I've made it so tonight I was going to change that. I bought the shrimp straight off the boat back in September. They had the heads on so after popping the heads, I boiled them to make my own stock which I put into quart containers in the freezer.

Ingredients

• 1 quart of local shrimp from the freezer, peeled and deveined
• 1 quart of homemade shrimp stock
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 rib of celery chopped
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic chopped
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 T Cajun seasoning. I used Slap Ya Mama, but a word of caution, it is very salty
• 1 T sweet paprika
• ⅓ cup of vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup AP flour
• Chopped green onions

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Heat the oil on medium heat and add the flour stirring almost constantly until your desired darkness is achieved. For me, this was about 10-12 minutes...
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Add the celery, peppers, and onions and saute until tender then add the garlic and cook just a couple more minutes...
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Stir in the some of the shrimp stock and then the seasonings. Simmer covered on low for maybe 5-7 minutes. If it gets too thick, add more stock. I used maybe ¾ of the quart. Add the shrimp and cook for a few more minutes until the shrimp are done...
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Served with rice and topped with the green onions. Time to eat...
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With the homemade shrimp stock, the shrimp taste was very intense and fantastic...

Hello from
Deep south louisiana i might know a thing or two about that dish. I usially use real butter instead of oil better flavor to me but i love real butter

 

[jcam222]

Looks outrageously delicious!! Flavortown for sure

 

[civilsmoker]

Sign me up!!!!!

 

[chilerelleno]

Mmmmmm... YUM!

 

[DRKsmoking]

Looks great Charles , There is a bowl of great eats that Mona would bully her way in to grab, me not so much, nothing in a shell for me except eggs, lol

David

 

[sawhorseray]

I'd hit that dish in a hot second, nice work there Charles! RAY

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Man that looks great!

 

[JLeonard]

Dude!! I'd love a bowl (or two) of that! Looks might good.

Jim

 

[uncle eddie]

Wow - that looks fantastic!

I have been ordering the Crawfish Étouffée at a sports bar called Walk-Ons and they have done a reasonably good job with it...but I would love to taste yours so I would have a base-line to judge the rest with!

 

[912smoker]

Now that is a great looking bowl of flavor and goodness Charles !
Shipping to 30458

Keith

 

[SmokinAl]

We love anything with shrimp in it, and your dish looks fantastic!!
Al

 

[checkdude]

Sure looks awesome! Wife loves shrimp so once in a while I try to create something different for her. I'll give yours a go probably this weekend. Hope I do it justice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Looks excellent! Nice work.

Thanks, Eric...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Oui Oui! Looks great.

Well thank you very much...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Hello from
Deep south louisiana i might know a thing or two about that dish. I usially use real butter instead of oil better flavor to me but i love real butter

Tried to make this with what I had here at home. and would normally use butter, but I only have 2 sticks until I can get to the store and didn't want to use most of it...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Looks outrageously delicious!! Flavortown for sure

I appreciate the compliments, Jeff!!

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Sign me up!!!!!

There wasn't much left, but you'd have certainly been welcome to some...