Simple Shrimp Creole

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 posted by Cookie
  • 1 tbsp. butter
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • 1 medium green pepper, cut into matchstick- thin strips
  • ½ cup thinly sliced celery
  • 1 jar (15 oz.) spaghetti sauce
  • ¾ lb. medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • Generous dash hot pepper sauce
  • Hot cooked rice

In a 2 quart microwave safe casserole, combine the butter, onion, green pepper and celery. Cover with lid; microwave on high for 4 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring once during cooking.

Stir in the spaghetti sauce, shrimp, bay leaf, pepper and hot pepper sauce. Cover; microwave on high for 6 minutes or until shrimp are opaque, stirring once during cooking. Remove the bay leaf. Serve over the rice.


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