Shrimp Crab Etouffee Recipes

Steps:

• In a large stockpot over medium heat, sauté onions and celery in olive oil until softened, around 10 minutes, mix in the garlic. In a separate bowl, combine the chicken broth and flour and stir until smooth. Add to the onion and celery mixture in the stockpot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened, around 30 minutes. Add lemon juice, cayenne, Tabasco sauce and shrimp and cook about 5 minutes. Add crabmeat, green onions and parsley and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Serve over rice and enjoy! Tip: Scoop your rice into a flat-bottom cup, press down to mold, then put it on the plate. Makes a nice fancy presentation!

Steps:

• Whisk paprika, thyme, oregano, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, white pepper, and black pepper together in a small bowl.
• Drain shrimp in a colander for at least 15 minutes. Transfer to a bowl lined with paper towels and dry shrimp for about 3 minutes. Remove paper towels from bowl and season shrimp with 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon spice blend. Toss to coat shrimp with spice blend.
• Heat vegetable oil a large heavy skillet over high heat until oil is smoking hot. Cook shrimp in the hot oil without stirring for 1 minute; stir, and cook 1 minute more.
• Transfer shrimp to a large bowl. Let stand until juice forms in bowl. Strain shrimp juices into chicken stock to total 2 cups, adding more chicken stock if necessary.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat until butter begins to turn tan at the edges. Saute onion, celery, and green pepper in hot butter until softened, about 5 minutes. Pour in remaining spice blend.
• Sprinkle flour into vegetable mixture and saute until combined, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; cook until tomato juices begin to brown on bottom of pan, about 3 minutes. Whisk stock into vegetable mixture, stirring until smooth. Bring to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened and reduced to a gravy consistency, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Season with salt to taste.
• Stir shrimp into etouffee sauce; let simmer until shrimp are cooked all the way through and no longer translucent, about 1 minute.
• Garnish with green onions and a dusting of cayenne pepper. Pour over rice in large, shallow bowls.

Steps:

• In a food processor, finely chop onions.
• peppers, celery, parsley, and garlic.
• Melt butter in a large pot over med-high heat.
• Add flour to make a roux and stir constantly until light brown (about the color of peanut butter).
• Add the chopped vegetables and let them cook until soft, about 30 minutes.
• Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
• While this is cooking, peel and devein shrimp.
• Save the shells and make a stock by boiling them in the water and seafood seasoning 8-10 minutes, then strain.
• When the veggies are done, add stock and stir.
• Simmer, then add remaining seasonings (be sure to taste before adding the salt, it is real easy to add too much salt).
• About 15 minutes before you are ready to eat, add the crab and shrimp.
• Cook until shrimp are tender; don't over cook- they will get tough.
• Serve over cooked rice or angle hair pasta.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter and saute onions, celery and garlic for about 45 minutes or until they are cooked down.
• Stir in flour and cook briefly, do not brown. Stir in chopped shrimp and cook for 20 minutes.
• Pour in 2 to 3 cups of water and mushrooms. Stir in paprika and season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook for 30 minutes. Should be a thick and have a gravy-like consistency.

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, sauté onions and celery in olive oil until softened, about 10 minutes, stir in garlic granules. Combine chicken broth and flour and stir until smooth. Add to celery mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened, about 30 minutes. Add lemon juice, cayenne and Tabasco sauce. Add shrimp and cook about 5 minutes. Add crabmeat, green onions and parsley and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Serve over rice.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy pot over medium heat; add onions and celery and cook until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk chicken broth and flour until smooth.
• Add to celery mixture.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Add crawfish and cook 15 minutes.
• Add lemon juice, salt, cayenne and Tabasco.
• Add shrimp and cook until shrimp are cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Add crabmeat, green onions and parsley and cook 5 minutes.
• Serve over rice.