Charleston Style Shrimp Creole

Living in Charleston most of my life gave us ample shrimp all year. I usually cut the shrimp into 3 pieces so that the end result is shrimp in every bite. I now buy the petite cut tomatoes to save time. Enjoy!

• Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 4  slices bacon, cooked crumbled
•  bacon grease (4 bacon strips)
• 2  large onions, chopped
• 2  stalks celery, diced
• 1  small bell pepper, diced
• 2 (14 1/2ounce) cans whole tomatoes
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (4 ounce) jar pimientos
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
• 3  dashes Tabasco sauce
•  salt and pepper
•  Worcestershire sauce
• 1  lb shrimp, peeled deveined

Directions

1. Cook onions, bell pepper, celery in bacon grease until done.
2. Add all ingredients except shrimp and sugar.
3. Cook 1 hour.
4. Add shrimp and sugar cook additional 8-10 minutes until shrimp is done.
5. Serve over rice.