Shrimp With Tomato Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen medium shrimp
1 medium onion, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper (optional)
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 Tbsp. lemon or lime juice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 Tbsp. snipped parsley
hot cooked rice
3 Tbsp. butter

Preparation

Remove stem, seeds and membrane from jalapeno; chop.
Cook and stir pepper, onion and garlic in margarine in 2-quart saucepan until onion is tender.
Add tomatoes, celery, lemon juice, salt, sugar and pepper.
Heat to boiling.
Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir shrimp into tomato sauce.
Heat to boiling.
Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
Serve over rice.
Garnish with parsley.