eHomemade shrimp remoulade is easier than you might think! This New Orleans-style recipe has an easy homemade remoulade sauce and needs only a few basic ingredients. Ready in less than 30 minutes!
In true Jessie fashion, I’m two days late to my own party. (But at least I brought food, right?) Because Wednesday was my two-year blogiversary!
If I had confetti, I would throw it at you. Right at your face. Through my computer screen. And then scream YAY CONFETTI. And then make you less angry about the confetti throwing by giving you a plate of this shrimp remoulade. Truce?
I don’t have a lot to say about the blogiversary, really, because I’m too excited to tell you about other things (EXCITING HAPPY THINGS). So I guess I’ll just say this: TWO YEARS?! Whoa.
So many good things in my life have happened because of this blog. And I’m so grateful for the friends I’ve made and the opportunities I’ve had because of Life As A Strawberry.
I could spend an hour (or…y’know, five) with you all getting mushy-gushy over how happy I am to have this wild job, but I won’t. Because we have important things to discuss!
For those of you who follow The Sustainable Seafood Blog Project (which, um, you all 100% should), you’ll know that we announced our VERY FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE a few weeks ago. Today, I get to make an even BETTER announcement: We’ve chosen a hotel and have locked in conference dates! (This is the part where I throw more confetti at you through my computer screen #sorryimnotsorry).
The First Annual Sustainable Seafood Blog Conference (OMG EXCITEMENT) will be held at The Maison Dupuy Hotel in New Orleans from June 26-28, 2015. (UPDATE: For a recap of the conference, click here)
CONFETTI CONFETTI EVERYWHERE!!
Guys – it’s happening. We’re doing it. This will be the first ever conference for food bloggers and other culinary professionals that is built around sustainable food systems programming.
And let me just tell you now that the program is going to be AWESOME. We’ll have the traditional photography, food writing, brand development, and blogging workshops that help grow and develop your food blog, but we will also have amazing hands-on workshops with some of New Orleans’ finest culinary professionals and seafood industry experts that will give you a look into the seafood industry – with particular emphasis on New Orleans, of course! – and provide an in-depth picture of just what it means to eat sustainable seafood.
We wanted everything about this conference to be as rich and colorful as New Orleans itself, so prepare yourselves for a weekend not just of networking and eating great food and sitting in conference rooms – but for some serious adventuring.
Oof. So much information! My hands are shaking. It miiiiight be sleep deprivation, but I’m pretty sure it’s just excitement. Because I just wrote the dates down. IN BOLD. ON MY BLOG. And now you all know about it. And that means it’s real.
It’s fitting, I think, that the recipe I share today should be one inspired by my and Kyle’s recent trip to NOLA.
This is a copycat of the famous shrimp remoulade called Shrimp Arnaud at Arnaud’s Restaurant in the French Quarter.
We stopped into their bar for drinks and snacks, and even though Shrimp Arnaud wasn’t technically on the bar menu, the bartender let us order it anyway (so nice!).
This is their famous signature dish, and the recipe is apparently super SUPER secret. I did some Googling, though, and experimented a bit until I came up with a suitable copycat version of their remoulade sauce. I’m actually really happy with it – it’s a touch smokier than the version we had in New Orleans (which I actually quite liked) and the consistency is just right.
I lightened this remoulade sauce up a bit by using greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise, and served it just like we had it at Arnaud’s – tomato, lettuce, shrimp in delicious sauce. Check annnd done.
Make your own shrimp remoulade at home for a taste of New Orleans while you wait for those early bird conference tickets to go on sale! And come next June, we can all go eat the original together in the Big Easy.
Shrimp Remoulade
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: Serves 4
Description
This easy homemade shrimp remoulade is sure to be a hit.
Ingredients
FOR THE REMOULADE SAUCE:
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. fresh parsley
- 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 3 Tbsp. plain greek yogurt (you could also use mayonnaise)
- 1 tsp. smoked paprika
- 1 tsp. hot sauce (I like sriracha)
- 2 Tbsp. stone-ground dijon mustard
- 3 Tbsp. yellow onion, chopped
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
TO ASSEMBLE:
- 1 large tomato, cut into 4 thick slices
- 2 cups romaine lettuce, shredded
- 12 cooked jumbo shrimp, peeled and with tails removed
- hot sauce (optional) for garnish
Instructions
For the Remoulade:
- Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse until you have a smooth sauce. Taste and re-season if necessary, or add more hot sauce if you like things spicy.
To Assemble:
- Toss shrimp with remoulade sauce until they are completely coated. Cover and chill for at least an hour, then pull out when ready to serve.
- Place 1 tomato down on each of 4 serving plates. Top with a handful of romaine and three chilled, remoulade-coated shrimp. Sprinkle a bit of hot sauce around the plate for an extra kick. Serve immediately.
Notes
The remoulade here has a nice kick to it, so if you don’t like spice I suggest halving the amount of paprika and hot sauce the recipe calls for, then tasting the sauce and adding more spice a bit at a time until you’re happy with the spice level.
Serve with my easy Gruyere Biscuits or Skillet Cornbread Biscuits!
I made this twice the end of last year and then we went to New Orleans and I ordered this at a restaurant and this was WAY better. This recipe is the bomb!
★★★★★
this looks seriously delicious, love that you used sriracha! i cant get enough of the stuff!
Thanks, Thalia! I’m obsessed with sriracaha – my boyfriend got me hooked on it a few years ago and I never looked back 🙂
Oh, I’m so dang excited about the conference details for SSBP!! I really hope I can make it. Not sure if I have the funds to be able to because I’m currently in-between jobs and job searching…but if there’s any scholarship or sponsorship opportunities to have some aid in getting there, PLEASE let me know! Also, I can’t wait for the “inaugural” post for us new members coming up! Yay!
I hope you can come, too, Kaylin! I’m not sure whether we will have any official scholarship opportunities (it depends on our sponsors and what opportunities they’d like to participate in), but if you’re interested in being sponsored I definitely recommend reaching out to brands about covering your costs in exchange for brand promotion or blog posts!