Recipe - Ham And Shrimp Creole

3 tablespoon Butter
2 cup Canned tomatoes
1 One half cup Hot water or stock
2 tablespoon Onion flakes
3 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Sugar
1/8 teaspoon Thyme
One half pound Raw shrimp, peeled
3 tablespoon Flour
One fourth cup Tomato paste
One half cup Diced green pepper
2 tablespoon Chopped parsley
2 teaspoon Chili powder
One fourth teaspoon Garlic powder
2 cup Diced, cooked ham
1 teaspoon Lemon juice

Melt butter in a 2.5 qt heavy saucepan. Remove from heat. Blend in
flour and cook over low heat until the mixture is a medium to dark brown.
Remove from heat and add the next 11 ingredients.
Simmer 20 minutes, covered. Add ham, shrimp and lemon juice. Cook
uncovered, for 10 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Serve over hot cooked
rice.

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