Name: Shrimp Etouffee Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Cajun
Ingredients: 8 tbsp unsalted butter; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 yellow onion; 1 green bell pepper; 4 stalks celery; 3 cloves garlic; ¼ cup flour; ¼ cup tomato paste; 2 tsp hot sauce; 2 cups water; 1 tsp kosher salt; ¼ tsp coarse ground black pepper; 2 tbsp cajun seasoning; 2 lbs shrimp

Shrimp Etouffee Recipe

Kathy Dixon Modified: February 18, 2024

How To Make Shrimp Etouffee

This shrimp etouffee is cooked with onion, bell pepper, and celery in cajun-seasoned sauce with tomato paste and hot sauce.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

8tbspunsalted butter
4tbspolive oil
1yellow onion,chopped finely
1green bell pepper,chopped finely
4stalkscelery,chopped finely
3clovesgarlic,chopped finely
¼cupflour
¼cuptomato paste
2tsphot sauce
2cupswater
1tspkosher salt
¼tspcoarse ground black pepper
2tbspcajun seasoning
2lbsshrimp,peeled and deveined, 13-15 count

Instructions

To a large dutch oven add the butter, olive oil, chopped onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic on medium-low heat for 5 to 7 minutes stirring occasionally until the onions are translucent.
Add in the flour and stir until it is completely absorbed then add in the tomato paste, hot sauce, water, salt, black pepper, cajun seasoning, and shrimp.
Simmer for 15 minutes over medium heat until the shrimp is cooked through.
Serve over scoops of cooked rice.