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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
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  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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