Recipe: Shrimp Creole Belle

Serve over Oven Cooked Rice

SHRIMP CREOLE BELLE

Serves 8

1 medium white onion, chopped fine

1 clove garlic, minced

1 green pepper, chopped fine

¼ C celery, chopped fine

4 Tbsp bacon drippings (or other fat)

2 Tbsp flour

2 C tomatoes, seeded and chopped

1 bay leaf

¼ C parsley, chopped fine

Salt, pepper to taste

Dash Cayenne pepper

1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 lbs shrimp, peeled, cleaned, and deveined

1 Tbsp green onions, white parts only, sliced fine

Cooked rice

Saute onion, garlic, green pepper, and celery in bacon drippings (or other fat) until tender. Add flour and brown, stirring constantly to keep flour from sticking to bottom of pan. Stir in tomatoes, bay leaf, parsley, salt, pepper, Cayenne pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf and add shrimp. Cook 7-10 minutes or until shrimp are done. Sprinkle top with sliced green onions. Serve over rice.