Cajun Shrimp for Pasta

Ingredients:

• 3 Tbsp butter
• ¼ cup chopped onion
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• 1 red or green bell pepper, diced
• 1 rib celery, thinly sliced
• 1-2 Tbsp flour
• 1 ½-2 cups half-and-half
• 2 drops Tabasco sauce, or to taste
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 tsp dried leaf thyme
• 1 Tbsp Zatarain’s parsley flakes
• 1 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined

Steps:

Melt butter in a large skillet and sauté onion, garlic, bell pepper, and celery until tender. Add flour and mix thoroughly. Add half-and-half, Tabasco, salt, pepper, celery seed, thyme, and parsley. Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Add shrimp and cook until shrimp are pink, about 8 to 10 minutes.