Shrimp Marengo

Name: Shrimp Marengo
Yield: Makes 16 cups, or 16 servings
Ingredients: Fluffy Rice; ½ c. water; 2 (1 lb.) cans tomatoes (4 c.); 1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste; 1 clove garlic, minced; 2 (8 oz.) cans mushroom stems and pieces, undrained; 8 slices bacon; 1 c. chopped onion; 3 lbs. fresh or frozen shrimp; 3 drops Tabasco sauce; ½ c. flour; 1 tblsp. sugar; 3 tblsp. prepared mustard; 1¼ tsp. orégano leaves; 1 tsp. salt; 1 can chicken consommé; 1 tsp. basil leaves

Preparation info

Makes 16 cups, or
16
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Elegant main dish for special occasions

Ingredients

3 lbs. fresh or frozen shrimp
8 slices bacon
1

Main course
Dinner

Method

Clean shrimp. Fry bacon, cut in pieces, until crisp; drain. Set bacon aside. To bacon drippings add onion and cook lightly. Add garlic, shrimp, undrained mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato paste, consommé, basil, orégano, salt, sugar, mustard and Tabasco. Cook gently 10 minutes.
Combine flour and water to make a smooth paste. Stir into shrimp mixture and cook 1 minute,