True Shrimp Creole

 Ingredients

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) stewed tomatoes
• 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 pounds fresh or frozen uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• Hot cooked rice

Directions

• in an exceedingly giant serious cooking pan, mix flour and oil till sleek. Cook and stir over medium heat till flour could be a made burnt umber. Add onion, sweet pepper and celery; cook till vegetables area unit tender, 5-6 minutes. Add garlic; cook one minute longer. Stir in next six ingredients. cowl and simmer till heated through, 4-5 minutes.

• Add shrimp. Simmer, uncovered, till shrimp flip pink, 5-6 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Serve with rice.