Shrimp Creole, Guidos Restaurant and Motor Hotel, Galveston

Makes 8

ingredients

2 pound fresh shrimp
2 T lemon juice
2 T Worcestershire
2 t salt
3 T butter
1 medium size onion chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1 clove garlic minced
2 T four
1 t sugar
1/4 t pepper
2 dashes Tabasco
2 1/4 cups canned or fresh tomatoes
8 ounces tomato sauce

directions

Shell raw shrimp, devein, sprinkle shrimp with lemon, Worcestershire and 1 t salt. Melt butter in large frying pan, add onion, green pepper, celery and garlic and saute over low heat about 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Blend flour, 1 t salt, sugar, pepper and Tabasco into combined tomatoes and tomato sauce. Cook covered over low heat 15-20 minutes or until flavors are well blended. Add seasoned raw shrimp; cover and cook over low heat 3-5 minutes or until shrimp are firm. Serve over 2 cups hot uttered rice.

Source: Guidos Restaurant, Galveston, TX