Shrimp Etouffee
Delicious shrimp dish with a Cajun flair! I’ve spent 6 years perfecting this shrimp recipe. I use shrimp harvested from a local shrimp farm. This is also great with firm crab meat or fish!!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hrs 40 minutes
- Additional Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hrs 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2 large white onions, chopped
- 6 stalks celery, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, pressed
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 5 pounds fresh shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped
- 1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons paprika
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- crushed red pepper to taste
Directions
- 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.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe 20
- Calories 205
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 11g 14%
- Saturated Fat 6g 30%
- Cholesterol 204mg 68%
- Sodium 328mg 14%
- Total Carbohydrate 4g 1%
- Dietary Fiber 1g 3%
- Total Sugars 1g
- Protein 23g
- Vitamin C 5mg 27%
- Calcium 76mg 6%
- Iron 2mg 13%
- Potassium 327mg 7%
