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    Home » Recipes » Family Dinners » Easy Shrimp Creole

    Published: Feb 15, 2022 · Modified: May 10, 2024 by Marianne Rogerson · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Easy Shrimp Creole

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    This easy Shrimp Creole recipe is perfect for a quick midweek meal with its rich spicy tomato sauce and fresh juicy prawns.

    Easy Shrimp Creole

    This is one of my favourite dishes to have as a midweek meal. For me it is also a bit of a store cupboard dish, as I always have frozen prawns in the freezer and a jar of homemade cajun seasoning in the pantry.

    I love the rich, spicy, smoky sauce, which marries perfectly with big juicy prawns. And it can be on the table in around 40 minutes, with minimum of fuss.

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    What is Shrimp Creole?

    Shrimp Creole is similar to a Shrimp Etouffee but with a tomato-based sauce. It is a rich hearty dish comprising the Holy Trinity of onion, celery and green bell pepper made with a rich and spicy tomato sauce and fresh shrimp. It is served with rice.

    Easy Shrimp Creole top view

    Ingredients

    This Shrimp Creole recipe uses the following ingredients. Depending on how spicy your cajun seasoning is and how spicy you like your dish, you could also add some dried chilli flakes, extra cayenne or your favourite hot sauce.

     Shrimp Creole ingredients

    (Exact quantities can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post).

    • The Trinity - The Trinity forms the base of many Louisiana recipes and consists of equal parts of onion, celery and green bell pepper / capsicum.
    • Butter
    • Garlic
    • Cajun Seasoning - I make my own seasoning and you can find the recipe here. Make up a jar for your pantry and then it is always there when you have a craving for some cajun spice!
    • Canned tomatoes
    • Stock - I use homemade bone broth or Thermomix chicken stock paste diluted in water. You could also use fish stock if you have any, or vegetable stock.
    • Bay leaves
    • Worcestershire sauce
    • Large raw prawns (aka shrimp if you are from North America) - I have these in my freezer at all times. They are shelled, de-headed and de-veined and ready to go. This makes them cheaper than buying whole prawns and also easier to use, as you can just defrost and go.
    • Lemon juice
    • Freshly chopped parsley leaves to serve

    How to make Shrimp Creole

    (Full instructions can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post)

    To start, melt the butter and saute the trinity (onion, celery, bell pepper) until soft.

    melted butter with saute onion and celery
    melted butter with saute onion and celery Cajun seasoning
    cooked onion and celery and bell pepper

    Next add the garlic and continue to saute for a couple of minutes.

    Then add the Cajun seasoning and stir over the heat for another two minutes.

    Now add the tomatoes, followed by the stock, Worcestershire sauce and bay leaves. Allow this to cook for a good 15-20 minutes until you have a nice and thick sauce and the flavours are well infused.

    stirring onion, bell pepper and celery
    stirring onion, bell pepper and celery with tomatoes
    stirring onion, bell pepper and celery with tomatoes and shrimp

    Next add the prawns and stir through until they are pink and cooked through. This should only take around 5 minutes, depending on the size of your prawns.

    Remove from the heat and stir through the lemon juice.

    Easy Shrimp Creole with plate of rice on top of parsley

    Serve with rice and sprinkled with freshly chopped parsley.

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    Shrimp Creole in a pan

    Easy Shrimp Creole

    This easy Shrimp Creole recipe is perfect for a quick midweek meal with its rich spicy tomato sauce and fresh juicy prawns.
    5 from 4 votes
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    Course: Family Dinners
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 263kcal
    Author: Marianne Rogerson

    Ingredients

    • 25 g butter
    • 1 onion roughly chopped
    • 2 sticks celery roughly chopped
    • ½ green bell pepper roughly chopped
    • 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
    • 1 tablespoon Cajun Seasoning
    • 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
    • 225 ml / 1 cup chicken stock
    • ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 750 g / 1.5 lb large raw peeled prawns
    • juice of ½ lemon

    Instructions

    • Melt butter in a heavy based frying pan or skillet
    • Add the onion, celery and bell pepper and cook over a gentle heat until soft (around 10 minutes).
    • Add the garlic and saute for a further 2 minutes.
    • Add the seasoning and cook for a further 2 minutes.
    • Add the tomatoes, followed by the stock, Worcestershire sauce and bay leaves. Bring to the boil and allow it to bubble gently for around 15-20 minutes until you have a nice thick sauce and the flavours are well infused.
    • Add the prawns to the sauce and cook until they are cooked - this should only take around 5 minutes depending on the size of your prawns.
    • Remove from the heat and stir through the lemon juice.
    • Sprinkle with parsley and serve with rice.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 230mg | Sodium: 1168mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g
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    1. Pam Lammer says

      April 23, 2023 at 10:38 pm

      Looks very tasty hope to try soon

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