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Omelets creole

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Categories: Cheese, Creole & Cajun, Eggs, Entrees, Southern Rating: 0
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Ingredients:
1/2 cupOnion, chopped
1/2 cupGreen bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cupCelery, finely chopped
2 tbspButter or margarine
1 canTomatoes(16oz)
1 Bay leaf
3/4 tbspGarlic salt
1/4 tbspGround thyme
1 packTiny frozen cooked shrimp
OMELETS
8 Eggs
1/2 cupWater
4 tbspButter or margarine
Procedures:
1In medium saucepan over medium heat, cook onion, bell pepper and celery in butter, stirring occasionally, until tender but not brown, about 5 minutes.
2Stir in tomatoes, breaking apart with spoon if necessary.
3Stir in seasonings; increase heat to high and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens, about 8 to 10 minutes.
4Stir shrimp into tomato mixture, then reduce heat to low; simmer just until heated through, about 2 to 3 minutes.
5Prepare omelets; while omelet is still moist and creamy-looking, fill each with ?cup hot shrimp mixture.
6With pancake turner, fold omelet in half or roll; invert onto plate with quick flip of the wrist or slide from pan onto plate.
7Top each omelet with 2 tablespoons shrimp mixture.
8*** omelets *** Mix eggs and water.
9In 7- to 10-inch omelet pan or skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon butter until just hot enough to sizzle a drop of water.
10Pour in ?cup egg mixture (mixture should set immediately at edges).
11With inverted pancake turner, carefully push cooked portions at edges toward center so uncooked portions can reach hot pan surface, tilting pan and moving cooked portions as necessary.
12Note: it is better to fill slightly underdone omelet; heat retained in eggs completes the cooking.
13For a more authentic touch, add a few drops of hot pepper sauce.
14Round out the menu with okra and rice.