This is a very easy shrimp étouffée recipe that utilizes your microwave! I usually add four dashes of hot pepper sauce to the dish, but bring the hot stuff to the table in case someone wants a zestier dinner! This recipe is one I learned while going to school in southern Louisiana - Geaux Tigers!
Ingredients
- 0.25 cups butter
- 0.5 cups chopped onion
- 0.5 cups chopped green onion
- 0.5 cups chopped green bell pepper
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 0.5 cups celery , diced
- 0.5 cups chopped fresh parsley
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup , 10.5 ounce
- 1 pound cleaned shrimp
- salt to taste
- 0.25 teaspoons hot pepper sauce to taste
- 0.25 teaspoons cayenne pepper
Instructions
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In a 2-quart microwave safe dish, combine butter, onion, green onion, bell pepper, garlic and celery. Heat on High settings for 8 to 9 minutes.
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2
Stir in parsley, tomato paste, soup, shrimp, salt, hot pepper sauce and cayenne. Heat on High setting for 5 minutes. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes until mixture thickens. Serve over white rice.
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