Creole Sauce

Name: Creole Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 3 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 3 tablespoons onions, thinly sliced; 3 tablespoons green bell peppers, diced small; 3 tablespoons celery, diced small; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 3 tablespoons cajun seasoning; 1 bay leaf; 2 1/4 cups chicken stock; 2 1/4 cups tomato sauce; Tabasco sauce (or other vinegar based hot sauce); salt; pepper

Submitted by IngridH

"Another recipe from culinary school. We served it on the side with Jambalaya, but it's good on just about anything."

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photo by Jostlori

Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 2 cups

ingredients

3 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons onions, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons green bell peppers, diced small
3 tablespoons celery, diced small
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons cajun seasoning
1 bay leaf
2 ¹⁄₄ cups chicken stock
2 ¹⁄₄ cups tomato sauce
Tabasco sauce (or other vinegar based hot sauce)
salt
pepper

directions

Heat oil in a medium saucepan until nearly smoking.
Add the onion, bell pepper and celery, stir to coat with oil.
Reduce heat to medium, add the garlic, spice mix and bay leaf.
Cook until the vegetables are soft.
Add the stock and tomato sauce.
Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
Simmer until reduced to 2 cups.
Taste, and add hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
Remove the bay leaf, and serve.

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Reviews

This was a good sauce, came out nice and thick and makes the house smell wonderful! Served this under/over eggs and it was quite good, but our house guest mistook it for TexMex. Maybe it was the Cajun spice mix I used? I would make this again but try a different seasoning. Thanks for posting!

Jostlori
This made a nice fairly thick sauce which I enjoyed. I halved the recipe and used water instead of chicken stock to make it vegan. Thanks! Made by team Hot Stuff!

Sharon123

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This made a nice fairly thick sauce which I enjoyed. I halved the recipe and used water instead of chicken stock to make it vegan. Thanks! Made by team Hot Stuff!

Sharon123

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IngridH

I live near Seattle, WA with my husband of 11 years and our pet ferrets. We're lucky enough to own a home with a big, south facing yard which is great for entertaining. It also allows me to have a big vegetable garden where I grow most of my own herbs and a lot of the vegetables we eat in the summer, as well as a bunch to share with family and friends. In my professional life, I'm an accountant- but what I really love to do is cook and eat! Most of my ability is self-taught. I love to experiment with new recipes and techniques, most of which I get from watching way too much food tv and reading foodie magazines. Recently I decided to start a personal chef business and have cooked for a few clients. I love the challenge of designing a menu to fit a family's specific tastes and needs, and then cooking it for them to enjoy. For me, cooking is an expression of love. Everyone needs to eat, but food is more than just fuel for the body, it can nurture and comfort ~ give us a memory from childhood, or a retreat when we feel ill. I always think of the people who I'm cooking for when I make a dish, and there is no better compliment than when someone enjoys the food I've made especially for them. I also like to do OAMC- style cooking, but instead of using it mainly to get dinner on the table, I focus on getting lunch in the bag! Eating out is far too expensive in both dollars and nutrition to make a habit of, yet I want a hot, satisfying meal to enjoy in the middle of the day. Cookin ahead allows me to have great food, without sacrificing either my dollars or my waistline. <img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/Animation6.gif"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/PACsticker-Adopted.jpg"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/participantbannerzwt5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Participation.jpg"><img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Iwasadopted.jpg"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PACfall08partic.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/IWasAdoptedfall08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/AMpageSticker.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r317/j_welcome/pics2/food/PRMRcopy.jpg"><img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj81/HokiesLady65/Recipezaar%20Album/iplaytagin.jpg">[IMG] http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/momaphet/Food/banner10.jpg[/IMG]

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