Creole Shrimp Crackers Recipe 455

Steps:

• Spread cream cheese on Ritz Cracker. Top each cracker with one shrimp Sprinkle with Creole Seasoning - to taste.

Steps:

• In a large heavy kettle cook garlic, onions, celery, and bell peppers in oil over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add all remaining ingredients except shrimp and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, or until thickened. Stir in shrimp and cook, covered, over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Serve shrimp and sauce over coked rice.

Steps:

• Cook onion, celery and garlic in hot oil until tender but not brown.
• Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and seasonings.
• Simmer uncovered about 45 minutes.
• Mix cornstarch and 2 teaspoon water, stir into sauce.
• Add shrimp, simmer until done (about 5 minutes).
• Serve with yellow rice.

Steps:

• Get the pan hot over a medium high flame, saute all ingredients, except flour, tomato paste and tomatoes, in the olive oil and butter until they begin to wilt. Add flour and tomato paste. Season with oregano, thyme, parsley. cayenne pepper, white pepper and black pepper.
• Saute all that until it begins to brown. After 5 minutes when it's quite brown, add the tomatoes. Stir in hot pepper sauce and Worcestershire, to taste. Add sugar and salt. Reduce heat and let the sauce simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Shrimp: In a pan over medium heat, saute shrimp in 1 tablespoon of whole butter. While the shrimp is cooking, splash it with white wine. Then add to taste, some chopped scallions, a pinch of parsley and a bit of cayenne pepper and paprika.
• After the shrimp is almost ready, add it to the sauce for 3 to 4 minutes. so the Creole flavor cooks into the shrimp. Prepare the serving plates with cooked rice. Ladle the shrimp and Creole sauce into the rice beds, making sure there is lots of sauce. (Creole dishes feature "Lots of Gravy"). Garnish with sliced scallions (the green parts) for color and lemon wedges.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, over medium-low heat, brown flour in butter.
• Add onion, garlic, green pepper, celery, and okra; sauté until tender.
• Stir in tomatoes, bay leaf, parsley and salt and pepper.
• Add 1/2 cup water, more if necessary.
• Stir in shrimp, bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes,or until shrimp is done.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Serve over hot rice.

Steps:

• SHRIMP:.
• Preheat oven to 425 deg. F. Coat a 9"x13" baking dish with cooking spray.
• In a large skillet, melt 2 tbs butter over medium heat, then add kielbasa. Saute kielbasa for about 3 minutes, or until it begins to brown. Add the onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic and Creole seasoning, and continue to saute for another 5 minutes, or until the veggies are softened.
• Deglaze the skillet with the sherry or wine; simmer until the liquid evaporates. Remove the pan from the heat and the crushed crackers, 1/2 cup broth, and parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Mound stuffing on each prepared shrimp and press the shrimp tail over the top. Arrange stuffed shrimp in the prepared baking dish. Melt the remaining butter and drizzle it over the shrimp. Bake shrimp for 10 to 12 minutes, or until shrimp is cooked through.
• SAUCE:.
• Mix all sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
• FOR SERVING:.
• Divide the sauce amongst 4 dinner plates. Arrange 3 baked stuffed shrimp over the sauce on each plate. Good sides would be sauteed greens and black-eyed peas.