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Since it was so good, I thought I'd share this recipe for Fat Tuesday-Mardi Gras cooking with the world. Actually, it was so good, Matt kept talking about it all night & said I could even feed it to other people. He's such a good sport to eat all my cooking experiments! And, I have to admit it was good too. You may already have one like this, but can always make a few changes to the list & you have a totally different meal.
Natalie's Fat Tuesday Cajun Prawns with Beans and Rice:(for 2 people)
Prawns (or shrimp) ~14 pieces or so
Black Beans(low Na+ low fat) 1 can
Uncle Ben's Whole wheat brown rice
Creole/Cajun seasoning
Rosemary 3-4 sprigs
Thyme 2 sprigs
Lemon 4 lemon rings
Garlic 3 cloves chopped
Onion 1 small red
Olive Oil
Butter
1. In a small baking dish, put 4 or so dabs of butter in the bottom along with 1 tablespoon of Olive oil. Swirl pan, so its gently covered.
2. De-shell prawns, shrimp or whatever meat or fish you decide to use. And put bare prawns into baking dish.
3. In a small mixing bowl, pour drained black beans in and add 1 Tbsp of olive oil, 1/2 small red onion, and sprinkle a few dashes of Cajun seasoning. Let sit.
4. In a sauce pan/skillet add 3-4 Tsp butter with 1 Tsp olive oil and saute onions and garlic on as low heat as you can. Next add rosemary & thyme (add more butter or olive oil if sauce is too thick. Let sit on as low heat as you can. Add creole/Cajun seasoning & stir often until ready to serve. Keep warm.
5. Pour sauce mixture from skillet over the prawns in your baking dish. Heat in the oven 10-15 minutes . After the first 7 minutes, remove from oven, stir mixing juice & prawns. Before putting back in the oven, place 4 lemon rings over the prawns & heat in the oven 7 more minutes. Remove when done. Place in serving bowl & keep warm.
6. While the prawns are cooking in their 2nd cycle, place black beans in a skillet over med. heat & cook for a few minutes. Let them come to a good simmer, while stirring, then remove from heat & place in a serving dish as well.
7.Rice should be cooked along with the beans. Cooking takes 10 minutes & directions on the box should be followed. Place in dish to serve when done.
Dinner is ready & should be served while still warm. It is great served with french bread. Let your dinner "guest" pile on the mixture how they like it; reasons why my recipe calls for serving in seperate bowls. You can use the extra lemon you have in water to drink, its refreshing with the Cajun spices!