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This super easy, one-pot cajun shrimp creole recipe is incredibly tasty and done in less than an hour! This recipe has been made in our families for decades and is packed with flavor. Keep reading to learn how easy it is. You will thank us later!
EASY CAJUN SHRIMP CREOLE RECIPE
First, melt half a stick of butter in a medium-sized dutch oven pot or large skillet over medium heat. Add 1 1/2 cups of chopped white onion or sweet onion, and saute for 1-2 minutes while stirring frequently.
Add a pinch of salt and a pinch of freshly ground black pepper. You can always add more at the end if you need more seasoning.
Add 2 cups of diced bell peppers and 1 cup of chopped celery. Traditionally, the dish has green bell pepper but you can really use any color. Green pepper doesn’t agree with some people, so it’s perfectly fine to use red, yellow, or orange bell peppers.
Give everything a good stir and saute for 6-7 minutes or until veggies have softened. Then add 2 cups of a good tomato soup. If you want to add a little more depth of flavor and thicken the sauce a little more, you can add a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste, but this is optional.
Stir everythin well and once it is simmering again, turn the heat down to low. Add a 14.5-ounce can of diced tomatoes with no extra salt added. Then add in 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and stir well.
If you want it spicy, add a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce (we like Tabasco sauce). If you prefer cayenne pepper, you can add that instead. Make it as spicy as you’d like! Simmer on low for 15 minutes with the lid on the pot.
Next, add 12 ounces of cut up chicken andouille sausage. You can use a pork andouille sausage though if you like that better.
Place the lid on the pot or skillet and simmer for another 10 minutes and then turn the heat off. Just before you are ready to serve, turn the heat back on to bring it back to a gentle simmer, and add a pound and a quarter of deveined, peeled, uncooked fresh shrimp.
Stir the shrimp in well. You can use any size shrimp that you’d like. Just make sure to get the freshest, best shrimp you can find. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the shrimp has turned pink. Smaller shrimp will cook much more quickly.
At this point, you can adjust with additional salt and pepper, to your personal taste, and add any additional hot sauce if you’d like.
We like to serve this dish serve over white rice. If you are watching your carbs, you can also serve over cauliflower rice.
If you’d like, for extra flavor, you can garnish with fresh parsley or even chopped green onions. This dish is simple, but has big flavor! This is really a simple, delightful recipe and is wonderful to make ahead of time too!
Simply make the entire recipe but don’t add shrimp yet. Let it cool and store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator. When you are ready to serve, place everything back into a pot or skillet, bring it to a simmer and then add your raw shrimp and simmer for 10 minutes or until the shrimp has turned pink.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this cajun creole shrimp recipe. Comment below if you’ve tried the recipe to let us know how you like it!
Cajun Shrimp Creole Recipe
This easy one pot shrimp creole recipe is packed with flavor and is done in less than an hour!
Ingredients
- Half a stick of butter (4 tablespoons)
- 1 1/2 cups of chopped white onion or sweet onion
- 2 cups of chopped bell pepper (any color)
- 2 cups of tomato soup
- 1 can , 14.5 oz, diced tomatoes with no added salt
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 12 oz chicken or pork andouille sausage, cut up into bite sized chunks
- 1 1/4 pounds of peels, deveined, raw, fresh shrimp
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Tabasco sauce, or your favorite hot sauce, to taste
- 2 tbsp tomato paste (optional)
- Chopped parsley for garnish (optional)
- Chopped green onion for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium pot or large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Add the onion, a pinch of salt and pepper, and stir frequently for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the bell peppers and celery and saute for 6-7 minutes on medium heat, while stirring frequently.
- Add the tomato soup. If you'd like at this point, you can add the tomato paste to thicken the sauce a little, but it is not necessary. Bring to a simmer and then turn heat to low.
- Add the diced tomatoes and Worcestershire sauce. If you like it spicy, add a few dashes of Tabasco sauce to taste. Simmer for 15 minutes with the lid on.
- Add the andouille sausage, and place the lid on the pot and simmer for 10 minutes. Turn the heat off.
- When you are ready to serve, bring it back to a simmer, add the shrimp, stir it in, and simmer for 10 minutes or until the shrimp has turned pink and has fully cooked.
- Adjust for seasoning (salt, pepper, hot sauce) before serving over white rice.
- Garnish with fresh parsley or chopped green onion if desired.
Notes
This dish is wonderful to make ahead of time too! Simply make the entire recipe but don't add the shrimp. Store in the refrigerator in an air tight container. When you are ready to serve, bring it back to a simmer in a pot, add your shrimp, and simmer until the shrimp is cooked.
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