Quick Creole Sauce
This is a quick and easy Creole sauce to serve with shrimp, sausages, chicken, or fish fillets. Serve it over rice for a tasty meal!
by Diana Rattray
This quick Creole sauce is made with the “holy trinity” of Cajun and Creole cooking: onion, bell pepper, and celery. Garlic adds extra flavor to this Louisiana tomato-based sauce.
How To Serve Creole Sauce
- Rice: Serve Creole sauce over a bed of rice. The rice soaks up the wonderful flavors in the sauce.
- Seafood: Serve the sauce with shrimp, crawfish, or use it to top blackened fish or seared scallops.
- Pasta: Creole sauce makes a tasty, spicy pasta topping. Add shrimp, chicken, or smoked sausage for a hearty pasta dish.
- Appetizer: Serve Creole sauce as a dip for mozzarella sticks, fried chicken, shrimp, or fritters.
Quick Creole Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 can, 14.5 ounces petite diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons chopped pimiento
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pepper, and celery; cook for about 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute longer.
- Stir the remaining ingredients into the vegetable mixture and turn the heat to low. Simmer, uncovered, for about 15 minutes.
- Add shrimp and sausage or serve with chicken or fish fillets.