Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  2          teaspoons  salt
  1           teaspoon  cayenne
  1 1/2      teaspoons  white pepper
  1 1/2      teaspoons  black pepper
  1           teaspoon  basil
     1/2      teaspoon  thyme
     1/4           cup  onion
     1/4           cup  celery
     1/4           cup  green bell pepper
     1/2           cup  peanut oil
     3/4           cup  flour
  3               cups  shrimp stock
  1                cup  unsalted butter
  2             pounds  tiger prawn
  1                cup  scallions

Preparation:

Combine salt, cayenne, black pepper, white pepper, basil, and thyme-mix well and set aside combine onions, celery, and bell peppers, set aside heat oil in a skillet, over a moderate flame, until smoking whisk in flour, heat and stir for 3-5 minutes, to a red-brown color remove from heat stir in vegetable mixture and 1 teaspoon of the seasoning mixture stir for 5 minutes, until cooled heat 2 cups stock to a boil in a saucepan, over a high flame whisk in roux, until dissolved heat and stir for 2-3 minutes, without scraping pan remove from heat, set aside heat 1/2 cup butter in a skillet, over a moderately-high flame add shrimp and scallions, heat and stir for 2-3 minutes stir in remaining butter, stock mixture, and remaining seasonings heat and shake pan, without stirring, for 4-6 minutes serve hot, with rice

Nutritional Information:

377 Calories (kcal); 37g Total Fat; (85% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; 62mg Cholesterol; 542mg Sodium