Ingredients

How to make it

  • Put shrimp in a large bowl and season with salt, pepper and lemon grass.
  • Heat 1/4 cup oil in large skillet, moderate heat
  • Add shrimp, toss and cook till they turn pink
  • Remove from pan and set aside
  • Make sauce:
  • In same skillet with shrimp juices and oil add remaining 1/4 cup oil, onions, garlic, celery, bell pepper and cook and stir constantly about 2 mins.
  • When sauce comes to a boil reduce to simmer, add bay leaf,allspice, red pepper flakes.
  • Simmer 10 mins
  • Add shrimp back to skillet along with basil and mint
  • Cook a minute or two.
  • Season with salt, pepper and a little sugar to balance flavor.
  • Remove bay leaf
  • Serve over steamed white rice
  • Rice:
  • Place fat in pan and add onions and sweat over medium heat about 5 mins or until onions are translucent.
  • Pour rice in pan and stir 2 mins
  • Add stock and bring to a boil
  • Add bay leaf and salt
  • Cover pan with lid, reduce heat to low and cook 18 mins
  • Remove from heat, remove led and fluff rice with a fork

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