Cajun and Creole Recipes
Shrimp Soup
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1 sweet pepper, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 ribs celery and leaves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 2 quarts water
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon pepper sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 ounces curly vermicelli, crushed
- 2 pounds peeled fresh shrimp
Instructions
- Heat oil in a 3 quart saucepan. Add onions, sweet pepper, garlic, celery and parsley. Sauté until wilted.
- Add tomato paste and half the can of water. Sauté, stirring over medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Add the 2 quarts water and stir in seasonings. Bring to boil. Add vermicelli and boil for 5 minutes.
- Add shrimp and continue boiling 10 minutes or until shrimp are cooked.
Attribution
Louisiana Homemakers Family Favorites cookbook published in 1984 by the Louisiana Extension Homemakers Council Inc.