Shrimp Creole
This is a dish that hits home on so many levels.  I am from Louisiana and love all the different styles of food that our state has to offer.  Shrimp creole is a dish that my mom and aunt used to make quite often when I was a child growing up.  We grew up eating various dishes but this is for sure one of my favorite dishes.  You can make this dish as spicy as you want.  You can use crawfish if you want instead of shrimp or any other kind of seafood that you want to use, just be mindful of the cook times.
Servings: 6 yield(s)
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Ingredients
    Shrimp Stock
  • 1 1/2 lb shrimp shells
  • 8 cup water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic
    • Shrimp Creole
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil (can use canola or corn oil)
  • 1 large onion diced (use what ever color you wish)
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 celery stalk chopped (you can use more celery if you wish. Do this to your taste)
  • 1 medium size bell pepper (you can use what ever color you want.)
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 1 can tomatoes (14.5 oz) diced
  • 2 cup shrimp stock (can use water or chicken stock)
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp Louisiana hot sauce (can use any hot sauce you have on hand. Add more if you want it more spicy)
  • 1 1/2 lb Shrimp peeled and cleaned
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp corn starch
Instructions
  1. Sautee in the 1/4 cup of oil the onions, garlic, peppers, and celery. Sautee on low heat until vegetables are tender. This should take about 10 minutes.
  2. Add the paprika and cook for an additional minute. Add the tomatoes, 1 1/2 cups stock, salt, pepper, hot sauce, and bay leaf. Bring this mixture to a boil, and reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 20 minutes.
  3. Next add your shrimp. simmer until the shrimp turn pink. Thicken the shrimp creole with the remaining 1/2 cup of stock and corn starch. Remove the bay leaf.
  4. Serve this dish hot and over rice.
Recipe Notes

This recipe is such a good recipe that you can adjust the flavors to your taste and put different kinds of seafood in them.  Just be mindful of the cook times.  You don't want to over cook the seafood.