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Shrimp Creole

This recipe came from my mom's recipe box. She always typed up her recipes on 3x5 index cards. 
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Servings: 2
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 pound uncooked shrimp peeled and cleaned
  • 1 Tbsp butter + some oil
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic chopped
  • 1/3 cup coarsely chopped celery
  • 1/3 green pepper cut into pieces
  • 1 cup peeled tomatoes (use Italian tomatoes, if canned)
  • 1/2 tsp dried basil
  • Tabasco to taste
  • salt and pepper
  • parsley

Method
 

  1. Saute vegetables (onion, garlic, celery and green pepper) in large skillet
  2. Add tomatoes, basil, Tabasco, salt, pepper, and parsley
  3. Cook until ready (cook on fairly slow fire until the tomato juice has cooked down. If it cooks down too far, add water or tomato juice)
  4. When almost ready to serve; add shrimp.
  5. Cover and cook for about 3 minutes, no longer.
  6. Serve over rice.