Creole Spiced Shrimp With Old Fashioned Remoulade

Shrimp cooked in a spiced court-bouillon with crab boil, served with a classic New Orleans remoulade sauce of mustard, horseradish, and celery.

SouthernSeafoodIntermediate20 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
6
  • 2 each lemons, halved
  • 4 quart water
  • 4 each bay leaves
  • 3 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 tbsp Zatarain's Concentrated Crab and Shrimp Boil
  • 3 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 0.3 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 0.8 cup vegetable oil
  • 0.5 cup chopped onions
  • 0.5 cup chopped green onions
  • 0.3 cup chopped celery
  • 2 tbsp prepared horseradish
  • 3 tbsp Creole or whole-grain mustard
  • 3 tbsp prepared yellow mustard
  • 3 tbsp ketchup
  • 3 tbsp chopped parsley

Instructions

  1. 1

    Squeeze lemon juice into a large pot. Add lemon halves, water, bay leaves, salt, cayenne, and crab boil. Bring to a boil and cook 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add shrimp. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 4-5 minutes. Drain. Serve cooled or chilled completely.

  3. 3

    For remoulade: Combine lemon juice, vegetable oil, onions, green onions, celery, horseradish, both mustards, ketchup, and parsley in a food processor with metal blade. Process 30 seconds.

  4. 4

    Use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to several days.

  5. 5

    Serve chilled shrimp alongside the remoulade sauce.

Tags

shrimpappetizeremerilcreolenew-orleansremoulade