Étouffée Recipes

Ingredients

• 🧂1 large or 2 small Green Bell Pepper
• 🧅1 large or 2 small Onion
• 🥒3-4 stalks Celery
• 🧄3-5 pieces Garlic
• 🍅1 Tomato
• 🍅1 tbsp Tomato Paste
• •1/2 to 1 lbs Bacon
• •2 lbs Shrimp or Crawfish
• 🧈1 stick is 1/2 cup Stick of butter
• •1/2 cupish Flour
• 🧅to taste Green onions
• •1/2 tsp Thyme
• •1 tsp Basil
• 🧂1/4 tsp Salt
• 🧂1/2 tsp Pepper
• •1/4 to 1/2 tsp Cayenne
• 🍗3—3 1/2 cups Chicken stock
• 🧀to taste Shredded Cheddar cheese
• •1/4 cup Heavy Cream
• 🌿1 tsp Chili powder
• •pinch Coriander
• 🌿pinch Cumin
• •a few dashes Worcestershire
• •a few dashes Louisiana Hot sauce
• •2 cups White rice
• •cup Love

Instructions

1. 1Prep ingredients first
2. 2Cut up green bell pepper, onion and celery into the same size pieces and place in one bowl
3. 3Cut garlic and place in a bowl then cut green onions and add white ends to garlic bowl and green ends to separate bowl, whites to get cooked with garlic and green for garnish at end
4. 4Cut tomato and place in bowl
5. 5Add all dry seasoning to a bowl to use throughout the process
6. 6Thaw shrimp and dry them then devein then season with some of the seasoning mixture
7. 7Cook bacon in skillet to release oils then remove from pan and set aside
8. 8Reduce heat to add in butter and melt so you don't burn butter (can skim off the white butter foam)
9. 9Increase heat and add in flour and stir constantly to not burn the roux
10. 10Add in holy trinity (Bell pepper, onion and celery) and cook until onions start to become clear
11. 11In separate pot or rice cooker, can start rice now
12. 12Add in a bit of the seasoning mixture
13. 13Add in garlic and base of green onions once the onions are clear as these cook faster and will burn if put in with holy trinity cook 3-5 mins
14. 14Add in tomato paste and cook out flavor (optional) cook 3 mins
15. 15Add in a bit more of the seasoning mixture
16. 16Add stock in slowly and stir so it doesn’t clump bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer
17. 17Add in tomatoes (optional)
18. 18Add seasonings, Worcester, hot sauce, cream and taste as you go to add more of what YOU like to get a taste YOU like.
19. 19Cook shrimp 2 mins a side in separate pan so they don't become rubbery then place in bowl to stop cooking process