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)
