This is a very easy shrimp étouffée recipe that utilizes your microwave! I usually add four dashes of hot pepper sauce to the dish, but bring the hot stuff to the table in case someone wants a zestier dinner! This recipe is one I learned while going to school in southern Louisiana - Geaux Tigers!
Ingredients
- butter: 0.25 cup
- onion: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- green onion: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- green bell pepper: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- garlic: 4 clove (minced)
- celery: 0.5 cup (diced)
- fresh parsley: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- tomato paste: 3 Tbsp
- condensed cream of chicken soup: 1 can (10.5 ounce can)
- cleaned shrimp: 1 pound
- salt: (to taste)
- hot pepper sauce: 0.25 tsp (to taste)
- cayenne pepper: 0.25 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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In a 2-quart microwave safe dish, combine butter, onion, green onion, bell pepper, garlic and celery. Heat on High settings for 8 to 9 minutes.
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Stir in parsley, tomato paste, soup, shrimp, salt, hot pepper sauce and cayenne. Heat on High setting for 5 minutes. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes until mixture thickens. Serve over white rice.
