Shrimp With Tomato Sauce

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
• 12 tsp salt
• 12 tsp sugar
• 14 tsp pepper
• 2 Tbsp snipped parsley
• hot cooked rice
• 3 Tbsp butter

Directions

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