Shrimp DeJonghe

{{Short description|Food dish of Chicago, Illinois, US}}

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Shrimp DeJonghe, or Shrimp de Jonghe, a specialty of Chicago, is a casserole of whole peeled shrimp blanketed in soft, garlicky, sherry-laced bread crumbs. It can be served as an appetizer or a main course.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=The Chicago Food Encyclopedia |publisher=University of Illinois Press |location=Urbana |entry=Shrimp de Jonghe |url=https://archive.org/details/chicagofoodencyc0000unse/page/226/ |last=Haddix |first=Carol Mighton |date=August 16, 2017 |editor-last=Haddix |editor-first=Carol Mighton |page=227 |isbn=978-0-252-08724-0 |lccn=2017006116 |editor-last2=Kraig |editor-first2=Bruce |editor-last3=Sen |editor-first3=Colleen Taylor}}

It has the oldest pedigree of Chicagoan cuisine, having originated in the late 19th or early 20th century at DeJonghe's Hotel and Restaurant, 12 E. Monroe St. (1899–1923).{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/126.html |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Chicago |entry=Belgians |first1=Robert |last1=Morrissey |first2=Christina A. |last2=Reynen}}[http://www.hallmarkmagazine.com/food/food_signaturedish_shrimpdeJonghe Hallmark Magazine: Shrimp DeJonghe]{{dead link|date=June 2012}} The recipe has been attributed to the owners, brothers Henri, Pierre and Charles DeJonghe, Belgian immigrants who came to Chicago to run a restaurant at the World's Columbian Exposition, or their chef, Emil Zehr.{{cite news |first1=Paul A. |last1=Camp |first2=JeanMarie |last2=Brownson | title = The Heavenly Recipe That Helped Make Henri De Jonghe Immortal | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | date = 27 January 1985 | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/01/27/the-heavenly-recipe-that-helped-make-henri-de-jonghe-immortal/ | access-date = 26 June 2012}} The dish was the most popular at Fritzel's Restaurant, which was open from 1947 to 1972.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=The Chicago Food Encyclopedia |publisher=University of Illinois Press |location=Urbana |entry=Fritzel's Restaurant |url=https://archive.org/details/chicagofoodencyc0000unse/page/120/ |last=Revsine |first=Barbara |date=August 16, 2017 |editor-last=Haddix |editor-first=Carol Mighton |page=120 |isbn=978-0-252-08724-0 |lccn=2017006116 |editor-last2=Kraig |editor-first2=Bruce |editor-last3=Sen |editor-first3=Colleen Taylor}}