Easy Chicken Creole

1 c Chopped onion

1 Clove garlic, crushed

2 tb Flour

2 1/4 c Chicken broth

1/4 ts Sugar

Black pepper to taste 1 Med. Bell pepper, diced

3 tb Oil

1 cn Tomato paste ( 6 oz.)

1/2 ts Salt

1/4 ts Tabasco sauce (or to taste)

2 c Cooked, cubed, chicken

Saute onion, green pepper and garlic in oil until tneder, stirring occasionally. Add flour, stir just until flour starts to brown. Stir in tomato paste, broth, salt, sugar and Tabasco sauce. Cook and stir until mixture comes to boil and thickenes. Stir in chicken and black pepper. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes or until chicken in heated through. Serve over hot cooked rice. M.C.--Metairie, La. Courtesy Telephone Pioneers BillSpalding *P CRBR 38 A