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Onions stuffed with shrimp

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Categories: Latin, North American, Onions, Seafood, Shrimp, South American, Vegetables
Yield: 6
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Ingredients:
-JUDI M. PHELPS
6 medRed onions
2 tbspOlive oil
1 Green bell pepper, chopped
1 smallGreen hot pepper, ribbed
-seeded, and minced
2 Garlic cloves, minced
3 Tomatoes, peeled and
-coarsely chopped
1/2 lbsTiny or small shrimp, (raw
-best, but cooked and frozen
-also acceptable)
2 tbspCoriander, roughly chopped
-(cilantro)
Salt and pepper to taste
3 tbspButter
2 tbspFlour
1/4 cupDry white wine
3/4 cupWater from cooking the
-onions
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
1/4 cupDry bread crumbs
Procedures:
1Peel the onions and boil in water for 15 to 20 minutes.
2Remove and cool.
3Reserve the cooking water.
4When the onions are cool enough to handle, scoop out the centers, leaving a shell about ?inch thick.
5Set aside the shells and pulp.
6Heat the olive oil and saute the bell pepper with the hot pepper until they are soft.
7Add the garlic and cook for only a minute or two before adding the tomatoes.
8Continue cooking until most of the juice evaporates.
9Stir in the shrimp, coriander, and salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
10Stuff the shrimp mixture into the onion shells and place them in a small ovenproof casserole.
11Preheat oven to 350 °F.
12Heat 2 tablespoons butter and saute 1 cup of the reserved onion pulp until the onions are translucent.
13Sprinkle with the flour and stir until the mixture browns uniformly.
14Immediately add the wine, the reserved water from the onions, and the tomato sauce.
15Simmer for about 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
16Pour the sauce over the stuffed onions.
17Sprinkle with the bread crumbs and dot with the remaining tablespoon of butter broken into bits.
18Bake at 350 °F.
19For 15 to 20 minutes or until nicely browned.
 
 
 
 

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