Easy Shrimp Creole

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb large shrimp, peeled but tails intact shells reserved (26 to 30 per pound)
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 3/4 lbs vine-ripened tomatoes, chopped (about 5 or 6 to yield 2 cups)
• 6 ounces lamb sausage, casings removed (hot and spicy)
• 1 large onion, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 3 medium garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large poblano chile, stemmed seeded and minced (about 1 cup)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked spanish paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Recipe

• 1 heat a small saucepan over medium heat and cook the shrimp shells, in the cup of water with 1/4 teaspoon salt added, until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• 2 place tomato in a large bowl; strain broth from boiled shrimp shells into bowl with tomatoes.
• 3 cook sausage meat in a dutch oven, over medium high heat, until browned and some of the fat is rendered, about 6 minutes; use a wooden spoon to stir and break up the meat while cooking.
• 4 add the onion, garlic, chili pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, black pepper, paprika, and crushed red pepper flakes to the sausage and mix well.
• 5 cook until the onion softens, about 6 minutes.
• 6 add chopped tomatoes and shrimp broth, increase heat to high, and cook until tomatoes break down, about 6 minutes more.
• 7 remove from heat, stir in shrimp and vinegar; cover and let stand until the shrimp cooks through, about 3 minutes.