Ingredients:
3 LBs medium uncooked shrimp (peeled and deveined).
6 TBs butter
3 TBs flour
1 cup chopped Yellow Onion
6 chopped Green Onions
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
1/2 cup thinly sliced Bell Peppers
2 cups water
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 clove minced garlic
1 tsp red pepper flakes
Instructions:
Peel and devein shrimp. Heat a saucepan with tight fitting lid over medium-high heat. Melt butter, then stir in flour. Cook, stirring constantly until butter and flour mixture is a rich brown color. Remove from heat. In a separate saucepan over medium heat, cook and stir onions, celery, bell peppers and garlic until tender, about 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer cooked vegetables to saucepan containing flour mixture. Mix well. Next add parsley, red pepper, shrimp and water to the saucepan with tight fitting lid. Mix well then cover with lid and simmer or cook mixture slowly over low heat for 20-30 minutes. Traditionally, this dish is served over rice.