Crockpot Shrimp Creole

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1 tsp. Creole seasoning
• 1 (10-oz.) can Ro-tel tomatoes
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 1/2 lbs. raw, peeled shrimp
• Cooked rice

Directions

Serves 6-8.

1. Put flour and oil in microwave dish and microwave on High for 4 minutes until light brown in color. Add in onions, bell pepper, garlic and Creole seasoning and microwave on High for 2 additional minutes.

2. Transfer to slow cooker and add in Ro-tel tomatoes, water, green onions and parsley. Cook on Low for 5 hours.

3. Add in shrimp and turn cooker to High. Cook another hour, until shrimp are pink.

4. Cook rice on stove top and spoon shrimp mixture over rice.

Note: In a slow cooker, that blending is accomplished with the liquid ingredients and seasonings simmering together during the daylong cooking process. You will turn the cooker to High and add the shrimp in the last hour of cooking time.

Source: The Advocate (Julie Kay) – Baton Rouge, La