Shrimp Etouffee

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/4 cups butter
• 4 cups onions
• 5 cups celery, diced
• 5 cups bell peppers, diced
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 2 teaspoons red peppers (cayenne)
• 5 teaspoons paprika
• 5 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)
• 6 -8 lbs raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 5 -6 1/2 cups water

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, melt butter and sauté onions, celery, pepper and garlic until they are cooked down.
• 2 stir in flour and cook until flour starts to brown; stirring constantly; this is known as a roux.
• 3 stir in mushrooms, shrimp and water.
• 4 cook for 10 to 20 minutes, until shrimp is done and sauce is thickened.
• 5 serve over hot rice.