What's Cooking Tonight: Sherry's Sugga-Shack's Shrimp Creole

So as people have heard about my blogging I have gotten more and more recipes to try. Its great! Tonight's dinner is from my friend Sarah, its quick, easy and can be cooked in the crock-pot. For whatever reason I normally have a hard time following a recipe to the 'T' so I will be sure to put in parentheses what I added outside of the original recipe.

Sherry Sugar-Shack's Shrimp Creole
(and I got the name right, this is what I remember Sarah calling it)

Cooking Time: 3 hours 10 minutes (crock pot) or 1 to 2 hours (stove top)

Ingredients:

• 2 Tbs. Olive Oil
  
• 1/2 c. diced celery
• 1/2 c. diced green bell pepper
• 1/2 c. diced sweet onion
• 1/2 c. fresh corn (cut off the cob)*
• 2 cloves garlic minced*
• 1 tsp. chili powder (i substituted a pinch of cayenne)*
• 1 (14 oz.) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
• 1 Tbs. Hot sauce ( I used Tabasco)
  
• 1 Tbs. Worcestershire
• 1 tsp. White Sugar
• 1 tsp. Cumin
  
• 3 Chipotle Chilies diced*
• 2 Tbs. Adobo Sauce (from Chipotle Chili can)*
• Red Pepper Flake*
  
• Salt and Pepper
• 1 1/2 # Shrimp, cleaned/deveined/tail-less (I got away with using 1 #)
• Green Onions, chopped (optional)
  

(*Items I added to recipe)

Directions

Preheat crock pot on high.(If using crock pot)

In fry pan, heat olive oil. Add peppers, onions and celery. Cook until softened. Add Corn, Garlic, and chili powder and saute until caramelized. Remove from heat and pour into crock pot. If not using crock pot add to large pot or dutch oven on stove top. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, hot sauce, Worcestershire, white sugar, cumin, chilies, adobo, red pepper flake salt and pepper.

Stove Top: Mix well and bring to a boil, then reduce to low. Cover and simmer on low for 1-2 hours. One hour will be fine, but it can go longer. Just don't scorch and check on it every now and then.

Crock Pot: Cook for 3 hours on high.

Add shrimp right before you get ready to eat and cook for about 3-4 minutes. Serve over rice. Top with chopped green onions (optional).

It was delicious..thanks Sarah!