Monday, March 11, 2013

Shrimp Creole…

Do you save your left over bacon grease? Do you save those last little bits of left over chopped onions, celery and green peppers?
Save bacon grease.  I pour it into a jar and store in the refrigerator. Bacon grease has many uses, I use it grease my pan when I make meatloaf, and fry chicken in it. Some of my other uses for bacon grease is making gravy or a golden roux.
Since onions are not meant to be saved in a refrigerator after slicing, and you can’t leave them out without stinking up the house. Do you throw them away? Nope! I take leftover celery, onions and green peppers and chop them up. I have a zipper freezer bag, I keep in the freezer; I toss the “leftovers” into. This provides me a ready supply of seasoning blend for soups, stews, gumbo and other dishes that need this blend.
Since I already had a seasoning blend stored in the freezer, the only ingredient I had to purchase was the shrimp. If you watch the grocery adds, sometimes you can get bagged shrimp that have already been cleaned, on sale buy one get one free. I found one of these sales; I only spent $5.00 to make this dish.  
Ingredients:
2/3 cup fat (bacon drippings)
¾ cup flour, sifted
2 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped green pepper (you can do a mix of red and green bell peppers)

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