Shrimp Creole Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 strips bacon, diced
• 1 cup diced yellow onions
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 cup diced red bell peppers
• 1 Tbsp. minced fresh garlic
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 can diced tomatoes in juice (14.5 oz.)
• 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tbsp. Tabasco sauce
• 1 tsp. dried thyme
• 1 tsp. sugar
• ½ tsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 dried bay leaf
• Salt to taste
• 8 oz. medium shrimp, peeled and deveined