Shrimp newburg

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2tablespoonsButter
2tablespoonsFlour
1cupMilk
2poundsRaw shrimp
2eachesPimentos and 1 can liquid
1eachEgg
½cupCream
1eachSmall onion
¼teaspoonSalt
¼teaspoonPepper
2tablespoonsLea & Perrins sauce
2eachesBeef bouillon cubes
½teaspoonDry mustard
1xOnion tops
1xTabasco sauce
¼cupHot water

Directions

Make white sauce by melting butter, add flour and cook until it bubbles, add onions, simmer a minute. Add hot milk and cook until sauce thickens. Add peeled raw shrimp, pimentos and liquid from one whole can, 2 tablespoons Lea & perrins sauce and beef bouillon cubes disolved in hot water, dry mustard, chopped onion tops, dash of tabasco sauce. Before removing from fire, add beaten egg and cream.

Mushrooms optional. From "Talk About Good" Submitted by Mrs. Curtis G. Breaux, Baton Rouge.