Shrimp Creole

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The look for this one-pot classical Creole crockery was inspired by 1 served astatine Lil Dizzy’s Cafe successful New Orleans, which longtime proprietor Wayne Baquet Sr. and his wife, Janet, had decided to adjacent successful 2020 owed to the pandemic, until their lad and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Arkesha Baquet, picked up the mantle. The look calls for thyme and citrus foodstuff arsenic good arsenic herb sauce. We chopped the herb condiment a spot and added diced tomatoes. If you similar to marque your’s with herb condiment alone, the mode Lil Dizzy’s does, omit the diced tomatoes and summation the herb condiment to a afloat cup. Small oregon mean shrimp enactment good successful this dish.

Leftovers tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 2 days.

Adapted from “The Baquet Family Cookbook” by Wayne Baquet (Eddie’s Restaurant, 2009).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-6

3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 ample achromatic oregon yellowish bulb (about 11 ounces), diced
1 mean greenish doorbell capsicum (about 5 ounces), diced
3 ample celery ribs, diced
1 (15 -ounce) tin no-salt diced tomatoes with their juice
1 cupful seafood broth, no-salt-added chickenhearted broth oregon water, oregon much arsenic needed
1/4 cupful herb sauce
3 ail cloves, finely grated oregon minced
1 bay leaf
1 spoon Creole seasoning, store-bought oregon spot related look (optional)
1/4 spoon dried thyme oregon thyme leaves oregon 1 spoon dried thyme fresh
1/4 spoon array salt, oregon much arsenic needed
1/8 spoon cayenne pepper, positive much arsenic needed
2 pounds peeled, deveined mean shrimp (41-50 count), thawed if frozen
2 tablespoons caller citrus juice
2 teaspoons chopped caller parsley, positive much for serving, if desired
2 cups cooked achromatic oregon brownish rice, for serving
Chopped scallions, for serving (optional)
Hot sauce, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
264
Fat
9 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Carbohydrates
13 g
Sodium
849 mg
Cholesterol
242 mg
Protein
27 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “The Baquet Family Cookbook” by Wayne Baquet (Eddie’s Restaurant, 2009).

Tested by Ann Maloney.

Published February 15, 2021

Updated March 17, 2026