Shrimp pilau
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter |
| ½ | cup | Finely chopped celery |
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped bell pepper |
| 2 | cups | Medium whole shrimp |
| 1 | tablespoon | Worcestershire sauce |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cayenne pepper |
| 1 | tablespoon | Flour |
| 1 | x | Salt |
| 1 | x | Fresh ground black pepper |
| 3 | cups | Cooked white rice, hot |
| 4 | eaches | Slices fried crisp bacon |
Directions
Melt the butter and add celery and bell pepper. Cook until soft.
Meanwhile, sprinkle the shrimp with Worcestershire sauce and mix cayenne and flour together. Stir shrimp in the flour and add to the butter mixture. Stir and simmer until the shrimp are cooked, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Combine with the hot cooked rice and bacon, crumbled with its drippings. Serve Hot From Nathalie Dupree's New Southern Cooking