Shrimp Creole

I just got a slow cooker for Christmas so I have been looking into making some slow cook meals. At the same time, tomatoes were on sell so today I decided to make this Southern dish, Shrimp Creole.

Dietitian 2 cents: Cooking tomatoes greatly increases assimilation from the digestive tract into the bloodstream of Lycopene, an antioxidant believes to reduce cancer risk (especially prostate cancer).


Ingredients
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1/2 cup diced green bell peppers
* 1/2 cup diced onions
* 1 teaspoon chili powder
* 1 pound diced Roma tomatoes
* 1 tablespoon hot sauce
* 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
* 1 teaspoon sugar
* Salt and pepper
* 1 1/2 pounds peeled and deveined shrimp
* Green onions, for garnish

Directions

1) Preheat crock pot on high.
2) In fry pan, heat olive oil. Add peppers, onions and celery. Cook until softened. Add chili powder and saute until caramelized. Remove from heat and pour into crock pot. Add tomatoes, hot sauce, Worcestershire, sugar, salt and pepper.
3) Cook for 6 hours in low. Turn slow cooker to high, add shrimp and cook for about 3-5 minutes, or until shrimp is cooked. Serve over rice. Top with chopped green onions.