Seafood Boulettes in Tomato Gravy

Main Course

Serves 6 to 8

Recipe courtesy of Cajun Cuisine

Ingredients:

1 large onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup butter
2 10-ounce cans tomatoes with chilies
2 10-ounce cans tomato sauce
1 cup chopped celery
salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper, to taste
1 pound peeled shrimp, ground
1 pound peeled crawfish tails, ground
1 onion, grated
1 bell pepper, minced
salt and cayenne pepper to taste

Seafood Boulettes in Tomato Gravy

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Method:

Sauté onions, bell pepper, and garlic in butter until onions are transparent; add tomatoes with chiles and tomato sauce and simmer for 1 hour. Add celery, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper and cook for an additional hour.

Mix together shrimp, crawfish, grated onion, minced bell pepper, and salt and pepper; form into balls about the size of a quarter.

Drop boulettes into sauce and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve at once.