Recipe: ► Shrimp Casserole
How do you make a shrimp casserole?
Are you looking for an easy Shrimp Casserole recipe that is delicious and quick? Here at cooking easymeals.com I have the perfect one for you! If you really love shrimp I bet you will not be disappointed.
I really like this particular recipe because you can play with it and use any vegetables you have on hand.
It is a very simple stew with some vegetables like onions, carrots, celery simmering them for some time and enriched by the tomato flavor, using either fresh or canned tomatoes, and then adding some peas and lastly the shrimps!
It is easier if you use a frozen, peel and ready to eat shrimp. It is really a very delicious casserole and I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Take a break from the usual chicken and rice combo and make this creamy, hearty seafood casserole.
Here is how you prepare this delicious dish:
Ingredients to Prepare Shrimp Casserole
2 tablespoon of Grapeseed Oil
1 yellow onion
2 Carrots
2 celery sticks
2 Garlic cloves
2 fresh tomatoes (or canned tomatoes)
1 jalapeño
1 cans (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 cans (8 oz.) peas
½ cup red wine
2 bay leaves
3 tablespoons of ketchup
1 tablespoon chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste
1 lb. frozen shrimp, peel
½ cup grated parmesan cheese
How to Cook The Shrimp Casserole – Step By Step
GRIND the onion in the food processor until very fine.
GRIND carrots in the food processor until very fine
GRIND celery in the food processor until very fine
CRUSH the garlic
PEEL and chop the tomatoes
CHOP jalapeno finely
HEAT a little bit of oil in a pan and stir fry the onion until transparent
ADD the garlic and continue frying
ADD carrot, celery, tomato and fry a few more minutes
ADD the spices, chicken broth, salt and pepper
ADD the canned tomato sauce, peas, bay leaf and wine
COOK at medium heat, whisking constantly, until all vegetable are tender, about 30 minutes.
ADD the shrimp and cook for only 5 minutes until they turned pink.
SPRINKLE jalapeño and parmesan cheese on top
Tips for the Shrimp Casserole
DO not overcook the shrimp, as if you do, they become hard. You only need 5 minutes or until the shrimp turns pink!
How to Serve the Shrimp Casserole?
This casserole is best serve on a deep dish, so you can savor all the juices!
Serve with:
- White rice
- Slices of avocado
- Aji pique
- Banana Bread
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Just like I hope I did with this easy and delicious Shrimp Casserole!
- 2 tablespoon of grapeseed oil
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 Carrots
- 2 celery sticks
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 2 fresh tomatoes (or canned tomatoes)
- 1 jalapeño
- 1 cans (8 oz.) tomato sauce
- 1 cans (8 oz.) peas
- ½ cup red wine
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 tablespoons of ketchup
- 1 tablespoon chicken broth
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 lb. frozen shrimp, peel
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- GRIND the onion in the food processor until very fine.
- GRIND carrots in the food processor until very fine
- GRIND celery in the food processor until very fine
- CRUSH the garlic
- PEEL and chop the tomatoes
- CHOP jalapeno finely
- HEAT a little bit of oil in a pan and stir fry the onion until transparent
- ADD the garlic and continue frying
- ADD carrot, celery, tomato and fry a few more minutes
- ADD the spices, chicken broth, salt and pepper
- ADD the canned tomato sauce, peas, bay leaf and wine
- COOK at medium heat, whisking constantly, until all vegetable are tender, about 30 minutes.
- ADD the shrimp and cook for only 5 minutes until they turned pink.
- SPRINKLE jalapeño and parmesan cheese on top
- Tips for the Shrimp Casserole
- DO not overcook the shrimp, as if you do, they become hard. You only need 5 minutes or until the shrimp turns pink!
Bon appetit!
¡Buen provecho!
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