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                              SAUCE PIQUANTE

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Main Dish                        Cajun

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1                    Hen (4-5 lb.)
   1       c            Chopped celery
   1       c            Chopped bell pepper
   1       cn           Tomato paste (small)
   1       t            Sugar
   5       c            Water
   2       cn           Crabmeat
   3       cn           Shrimp, drained
   2       c            Chopped onion
   4                    Cloves garlic, fine chop
   1       cn           Ro-Tel tomatoes
                        Salt & red pepper to taste
   1       sm           Can mushrooms (optional)
                        Chopped green onion tops and
                        Parsely

     Saute chicken until meat comes off the bone, remove from pot and debone.
  Add onion, celery 4 cloves garlic and bell pepper to drippings in pot and
  saute in chicken fat until clear.  Add deboned chicken, tomatoes, tomato
  paste, salt, red pepper and sugar; simmer 5-10 minutes.  Add onion tops,
  parsley and mushrooms..  Add water; more water may be necessary, add
  according to desired thickness.  Cook, slow heat, for 3 to 4 hrs.
  Approximately 20 minutes before serving, add crabmeat and shrimp.  Season
  to taste, and serve over rice. Courtesy Telephone Pioneers BillSpalding *P
  CRBR 38 A
 


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