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For our last weekly cooking video, I'm sharing a special dish, the dinner the Foley Family has every year for Christmas Eve, shrimp creole! If you have a special meal you always make for the holidays, please share it in the comments!
Shrimp Creole
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup finely chopped celery
2 medium green peppers, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
4 tbsp. butter
1 can of tomato sauce, 15 oz.
1 cup water
2 tsp. snipped parsley
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. cayenne red pepper (Note: This will make a mild dish. For more spice, add more pepper or other seasonings)
2 bay leaves
16 oz. cooked shrimp
2 cups dry rice
Recipe:
1. Prepare the onion, celery, green peppers, garlic, and parsley first, before cooking anything.
2. Cook the rice: Bring 4 cups water to a boil, then add a generous pinch of salt and 2 tbsp. butter. Once the butter has melted, stir in the rice. Stirring occasionally, bring the water to a boil again, then reduce the temperature until it is simmering, cover, and wait until the water has boiled away. Remove from heat for a few minutes, fluff the rice with a fork, and set aside.
3. In a pan, melt 2 tbsp. butter, then combine the onion, celery, green pepper, and garlic. Cook while stirring until the onion is tender, then remove from heat.
4. Stir in tomato sauce, water, parsley, salt, cayenne red pepper, and bay leaves. Bring to simmer for 10 minutes, uncovered.
5. Stir in the shrimp (NOTE: if the shrimp were frozen, be sure to wash the ice off first). Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 to 20 minutes.
6. Serve over the rice and enjoy!