shrimp sauce piquante

Categories: Shrimp
Yield: 4 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
1 cup	Cooking oil
1 cup	All-purpose flour
1 can	Tomato paste
1 can	Tomato sauce
1 medium	Bell pepper, chopped
1 can	Rotel tomatoes, diced
4	6 c. water
	Salt to taste
	Cayenne pepper to taste
1 medium	Onion, chopped
2	Stalks celery, chopped
3 cups	Rice, cooked

Make roux with oil and flour; brown flour until it turns a medium brown. Add onion, bell pepper, and celery; cook until mixture sticks to pot. Add tomato sauce, tomato paste and Rotel® tomatoes; cook about 1 hour. Add salt and cayenne pepper to taste. Add water to ingredients, and cook another 2-3 hours. During the last 30 minutes, add 1-½ pounds deveined, cleaned shrimp. Serve over rice.