Friday, March 1, 2013

Shrimp Creole(crock pot)

Ok so being raised in Louisiana opens your life up to sooooo many chances to have great seafood!!! I love shrimp creole but I wanted to be able to cook it and well with 3 children also keep my hands free to you know......"keep an eye on them"!!! So here you go friends...AND it's delicious and 70 calories!!!! Enjoy and....eat on!!

Ingredients
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup diced green bell peppers
1 cup diced onions
1 cup diced celery
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 (14-ounces) can tomatoes
2 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons hot sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons white sugar
Salt and pepper
3 pounds peeled and deveined shrimp

Directions:

Preheat crock pot on high.
In fry pan, heat olive oil. Add peppers, onions and celery. Cook until softened. Add chili powder and saute until caramelized. Remove from heat and pour into crock pot. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, hot sauce, Worcestershire, white sugar, salt and pepper.
Cook for 3 hours. Add shrimp and cook for about 3 minutes. Serve over rice or like we do eat as soup and "mop" it up with fresh French bread!!!



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