COUNTDOWN: Start the roux for the etouffee. Add the vegetables and spices. While sauce cooks, microwave rice and set out the dinner plates. Add shrimp to vegetables and sauce and complete dish.

A classic Cajun/Creole dish, Shrimp Étouffée, features the "Holy Trinity" of vegetables — onion, celery and green bell pepper — forming the aromatic base of its rich flavor. It's thickened ...