Shrimp Creole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 Tbsp. flour
1 bay leaf
2 onions, chopped
2 green peppers, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. minced parsley
1 Tbsp. thyme
3 green onions, minced
salt and pepper to taste
2 lb. peeled, deveined raw shrimp
2 cans (1 lb. 4 oz. per can) tomatoes
1 c. water
2 drops Tabasco sauce
6 c. cooked rice

Preparation

Melt butter; add flour and cook until well blended.
Add bay leaf, onions, peppers, garlic, parsley, thyme, green onions, salt, pepper and shrimp; mix well.
Cook for 5 minutes, then add tomatoes and water and cook for 30 minutes, stirring often, or until sauce is thickened.
Discard bay leaf.
Add Tabasco sauce. Serve over hot rice.