Best 20 Shrimp Étouffée Recipes

SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven set over medium heat. Add the flour and stir continuously to make a roux. Stir the roux over medium heat until the color of peanut butter, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the onions, bell peppers, celery, and garlic to the roux, and cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes to the pot and season with the bay leaves, salt, cayenne, and 1 tablespoon of the Essence. Cook the tomatoes for 2 to 3 minutes and then whisk in the shrimp stock.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, and reduce to a simmer. Cook the etouffee, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes. Season the shrimp with the remaining tablespoon of Essence and add them to the pot, stirring to evenly distribute. Cook the shrimp for 5 to 7 minutes, or until they are cooked through. Add the chopped parsley to the pot and stir to combine.
• Serve immediately over steamed white rice and garnish with sliced green onion tops.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Place the shrimp shells and heads in a large colander and rinse under cold running water for several minutes.
• Combine the shrimp shells and remaining ingredients in a heavy 6-quart stockpot, add 4 quarts water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Skim to remove any foam that rises to the surface. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes, skimming occasionally.
• Remove the stock from the heat and strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean container; let cool completely. Refrigerate the stock for up to 3 days or freeze in airtight containers for up to 2 months.

PRUDHOMME'S SHRIMP OR CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• 1. Peel the shrimp or crawfish and use the shells to make the stock.Combine the onions, celery and bell peppers in a bowl and set aside. Throughly combine the seasoning mix ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet (preferably cast iron) over high heat until it begins to smoke, about 4 minutes. Gradually whisk in the flour, stirring until smooth. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the roux is dark red-brown, about 3 to 5 minutes, being careful not to let it scorch or splash on your skin. Remove from the heat and immediately stir in the vegetables and 1 tablespoon of the seafood seasoning.with a wooden spoon. Continue stirring until cool, about 5 minutes. Bring 2 cups of the stock to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan over high heat. Add the roux by spoonfuls to the boiling stock, stirring until dissolved between each addition. Reduce the heat to low and cook, whisking almost constantly, until the flour taste is gone, about 2 minutes. If any of the mixture scorches, don't continue to scrape that part of the pan bottom. Remove from the heat and set aside.Melt 1 stick of the butter in a 4-quart saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the shrimp or crawfish and the green onions, and sauté, stirring almost constantly, for 1 minute. Add the remaining butter, the stock mixture and the remaining 1 cup stock. Cook, constantly shaking (versus stirring) the pan in a back-and-forth motion, until the butter melts and is mixed into the sauce, about 4 to 6 minutes. Add the remaining seafood seasoning , stir well, and remove from the heat. If the sauce starts to separate, add 2 tablespoons more stock or water and shake the pan until it combines. Serve immediately over the rice.

SHRIMP ÉTOUFFéE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the onion, celery and bell pepper, and cook until softened, about 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 more minute.
• Sprinkle the flour over the ingredients and stir constantly until lightly toasted, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste, and stir and cook for 1 more minute.
• Pour in the stock and 3/4 cup water. Cook until the liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the hot sauce, bay leaf, Creole seasoning, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil, and cook until the mixture starts to thicken, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the shrimp and reduce the heat to medium. Simmer until the shrimp is cooked through and opaque, about 5 minutes, turning each piece halfway through. Remove from the heat. Taste and adjust seasoning. Sprinkle the scallions on top. Serve warm over rice.

CRAWFISH & SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• In a large pot or dutch oven with the butter & flour over medium heat make a medium brown roux.
• Add the onions, celery, bell pepper, bay leaves, salt, and cayenne & white peppers. Cook, stirring over medium high heat until onions, bell peppers & celery are soft, about 7 to 8 minutes.
• Add the garlic & thyme and stir well for about a minute or so.
• Add about 3/4 of the water and sherry & stir well.
• When the mixture comes to a boil add the rest of the water if needed. You want mixture to nearly coat a spoon.
• Add rotel, parsley, green onions & creole seasoning, simmer about 6 minutes until mixture thickens. Add shrimp & crawfish and simmer until seafood is done, until Shrimp curl & turn pink.
• Discard bay leaves & serve over steamed rice, garnish with parsley and green onions.

CREAMY SHRIMP ÉTOUFFéE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet. Stir in flour; cook and stir over low heat until the color of caramel, about 20 minutes. Add celery, green pepper, and onion; stir until coated. Add stock, water, tomato powder, Cajun seasoning, black pepper, cayenne, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer sauce, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Add shrimp and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes.

ANN'S SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter and saute onions, celery and garlic for about 45 minutes or until they are cooked down.
• Stir in flour and cook briefly, do not brown. Stir in chopped shrimp and cook for 20 minutes.
• Pour in 2 to 3 cups of water and mushrooms. Stir in paprika and season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook for 30 minutes. Should be a thick and have a gravy-like consistency.

DAVID'S LOUISIANA SHRIMP/CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• 1. Finish making your blonde roux (pictured) but no darker than this. Once you add the aromatics it will stop the roux from changing color further.
• 2. While roux is still hot and on med-high heat add all of the Holy Trinity (onions, celery, bell pepper) and garlic. Continue to cook until onions, celery and bell peppers are tender. It helps to sweat the aromatics if you sprinkle a few pinches of salt over the top of this before mixing it with a heavy wooden spoon.
• 3. Everything is now tender add 2 cups of stock and stir until smooth, then add two more cups of stock and bay leaves and stir until blended
• 4. Continue at a simmer for about minimum 30-45 minutes before adding your shrimp or crawfish. Cook another 10-15 minutes, now it's ready to serve.
• 5. Finished and ready to serve. You can either serve over rice, pasta of any shape even mashed potatoes. I like to either pour over rice or put a cup of rice on top in the center and garnish with fresh chopped parsley or chopped green onions Serve with fresh or hot french bread

EASY SHRIMP/CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Melt margarine on low.
• Add celery and onions.
• Cook until tender.
• Stir occasionally.
• In a separate bowl, combine water, ketchup, salt, corn starch, and red pepper.
• Stir until dissolved.
• Add this mixture to celery and onions.
• Stir, cover, and cook on low for at least 20 minutes.
• Add shrimp and cook, covered for 15 minutes.
• Serve over rice.

SHRIMP ETOUFFEE II

Steps:

• In a 2 quart microwave safe dish, combine margarine, onion, green onion, bell pepper, garlic and celery. Heat on High settings for 8 to 9 minutes.
• Stir in parsley, tomato paste, soup, shrimp, salt, hot pepper sauce and cayenne. Heat on High setting for 5 minutes. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes until mixture thickens. Serve over white rice.

CAJUN SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• 1. Saute onions, garlic and bell peppers in butter until wilted.
• 2. Add shrimp and chicken broth. Simmer for 30 minutes, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Add a tablespoon of roux at a time to achieve desired thickness.
• 3. Cook 20 minutes after adding roux. Serve over hot rice.
• 4. Roux - Take 1 cup flour and 1/2 cup oil. Mix and brown (stirring constantly) in a heavy pot until the color of light chocolate.

CRAWFISH, SHRIMP AND LUMP CRABMEAT ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy pot over medium heat; add onions and celery and cook until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk chicken broth and flour until smooth.
• Add to celery mixture.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Add crawfish and cook 15 minutes.
• Add lemon juice, salt, cayenne and Tabasco.
• Add shrimp and cook until shrimp are cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Add crabmeat, green onions and parsley and cook 5 minutes.
• Serve over rice.

SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Add the wine and the water, increase the heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain.
• Heat 1/4 cup of shrimp broth in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add onion, peppers and celery, lower the heat slightly and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stirring constantly and rapidly with a small spoon, add the flour. Continue stirring and cook the mixture until it turns a deep golden brown, about 3 minutes. Whisk in the remaining shrimp broth.
• Stir the thyme, oregano, cayenne and bay leaf into the vegetable mixture and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the broth mixture, bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Add the shrimp, salt and pepper and cook until just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook for 2 minutes. Adjust the salt and pepper to taste, remove the bay leaf and serve over white rice.

SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pan over low heat. Gradually whisk in the flour until it forms a paste. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until it turns a caramel color, approximately 15-20 minutes.
• Add your onions, green pepper, celery and garlic and cook over low heat for about 5 minutes or until the veggies get limp.
• Add your shrimp and stir to coat in the roux. Then add black pepper, cayenne, Cajun seasoning, green onions, parsley and the Tabasco (to taste).
• Add 1 cup of water and stir until incorporated. Add the tomatoes with their juice and stir to blend. Taste for seasoning. Add the salt, starting with 1 t and adding more if needed. Bring the whole mixture to a boil then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 10-15 minutes, until the shrimp get firm and pink. Once the flavors are nicely blended, you can serve and enjoy!

CHEF JOHN'S SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Whisk paprika, thyme, oregano, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, white pepper, and black pepper together in a small bowl.
• Drain shrimp in a colander for at least 15 minutes. Transfer to a bowl lined with paper towels and dry shrimp for about 3 minutes. Remove paper towels from bowl and season shrimp with 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon spice blend. Toss to coat shrimp with spice blend.
• Heat vegetable oil a large heavy skillet over high heat until oil is smoking hot. Cook shrimp in the hot oil without stirring for 1 minute; stir, and cook 1 minute more.
• Transfer shrimp to a large bowl. Let stand until juice forms in bowl. Strain shrimp juices into chicken stock to total 2 cups, adding more chicken stock if necessary.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat until butter begins to turn tan at the edges. Saute onion, celery, and green pepper in hot butter until softened, about 5 minutes. Pour in remaining spice blend.
• Sprinkle flour into vegetable mixture and saute until combined, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; cook until tomato juices begin to brown on bottom of pan, about 3 minutes. Whisk stock into vegetable mixture, stirring until smooth. Bring to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened and reduced to a gravy consistency, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Season with salt to taste.
• Stir shrimp into etouffee sauce; let simmer until shrimp are cooked all the way through and no longer translucent, about 1 minute.
• Garnish with green onions and a dusting of cayenne pepper. Pour over rice in large, shallow bowls.

SHRIMP AND CHICKEN ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the vegetable oil and andouille and cook, stirring, until crisp, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Season the chicken with salt, then add to the pot in batches to brown, 5 minutes per side. Transfer to the plate with the andouille. Make the roux: Remove the pot from the heat and cool slightly (there should be about 1/4 cup drippings; drain or add oil as needed). Return the pot to medium heat. Sprinkle in the flour and stir, scraping up the browned bits from the pan with a wooden spoon. Continue to cook, stirring, until the mixture smells nutty and turns a deep brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Add the celery, onion, bell pepper, garlic, cayenne, and salt to taste. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables are tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Whisk in the broth. Return the chicken and andouille to the pot and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate and let cool slightly while the stew simmers; remove the skin and shred the meat. Return the meat to the pot. Stir in the shrimp and sherry and cook until the shrimp turn pink, 2 to 3 more minutes. Season with salt and black pepper

SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• In a skillet, melt the butter and stir in the flour.
• Cook stirring constantly until this is a rich brown.
• Add the vegetables and cook until tender.
• Stir in the water, shrimp, parsley and seasonings.
• Simmer uncovered for about 20 minutes.
• Serve over hot rice.

EASY SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Melt butter large skillet; add cream of mushroom soup and Picante sauce.
• Mix well until hot, about 5 minutes;.
• Add raw shimp and cook untill shrimp are white, about 2-3 minutes. IMPORTANT, do not over cook shrimp.
• Serve on hot white rice.

SHRIMP ETOUFFEE (A-2-FAY)

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy skillet, Saute onion and bell pepper, Add garlic, Add tomato sauce and water. Bring to a boil and reduce until slightly thickened.
• Add shrimp and seasoning, Cook until shrimp are pink, Serve over cooked rice.

SHRIMP & LUMP CRABMEAT ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• melt butter in heavy pot over med heat - add onions & celery & cook until soft, about 10 mins - whisk broth & flour until smooth - add to celery mix - bring to boil, reduce heat & simmer until thick, about 30 mins - add shrimp, lemon juice, salt, cayenne & tabasco & cook about 5 mins - add crabmeat, green onions & parsley & cook 5 mins - serve over rice

SHRIMP ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• Boil stock with 1/2 stick of the butter. Heat olive oil in a skillet add 1 stick butter, stir in flour, whisk roux constantly until very smooth. Stir in vegetables, seasoning and hot sauce. Continue to saute for about 5 minutes. Separately saute shrimp in remaining butter. Combine shrimp with seasoning mix. Add to stock. Stir well and serve at once.