Bayou Sauce Piquant

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups celery, chopped
• 1/2 cup bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
• 2 lbs shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1 lb crabmeat
• 1 lb catfish fillet
• cayenne pepper

Recipe

• 1 make a roux with oil and flour until dark brown. add onions, celery, bell pepper and parsley and cook until wilted.
• 2 add tomato sauce and tomato juice; cook for 1 hour.
• 3 add crabmeat and catfish and cook for another hour, stirring frequently; add shrimp and cook for 10 minutes longer.
• 4 serve over cooked rice.