Recipe for Shrimp Creole

Ingredients for Shrimp Creole:
2 tablespoons margarine
1/3 cup onions; chopped
2 tablespoons buttermilk biscuit mix
1 1/2 cups water
1 can tomato paste (6 oz)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 dash pepper
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup celery; chopped
1/2 cup green pepper; chopped
2 pounds frozen shrimp thawed shelled and clawed OR 3 cans shrimp, (5 oz); rinsed and drained
rice

Shrimp Creole preparation instruction:
In skillet, melt butter, add onion and cook slightly.

Add biscuit mix and stir until well blended.

Combine remaining ingredients except shrimp and rice and add with onion mixture to crock pot; stir well.

Cover and cook on low setting for 7 to 9 hours.

One hour before serving turn to high setting and add shrimp.

Remove bay leaf and serve over hot rice.