Seafood dirty rice
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 lb Small shrimp (see notes) 1 ts White pepper
- 2 tb Unsalted butter 1 ts Dried thyme leaves
- 1 tb Vegetable oil 1/2 ts Ground cayenne pepper
- 1/2 c Canned tomato sauce 1 1/2 c Basic shrimp stock
- 3 tb Onions chopped very fine 1/2 c Heavy cream
- 2 1/2 tb Green bell peppers chopped 3 1/2 c Basic cooked rice
- 2 tb Celery chopped very fine 3/4 c Green onions finely chopped
- 1 ts Minced garlic 1 c Packed lump crabmeat (1/2lb
- 1 ts Salt
Instructions:
NOTE: If shrimp with heads are not available buy 1 pounnd shrimp with shells and substitute other seafood ingredients for the heads in making the seafood stock. Peel the shrimp and use the heads and shells to make the stock; refrigerate shrimp until ready to use. In a large skillet melt the butter with the oil. Add the tomato sauce onions bell peppers celery garlic salt white pepper thyme and cayenne pepper; saute over medium heat 5 minutes stirring frequently. Add the stock and continue cooking over high heat for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Stir in the rice green onions and crabmeat keeping the lumps of crabmeat intact as much as possible. Heat through and serve immediately. From Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen
