Creole-style Flounder

Description
Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

 * 1 large green bell pepper, sliced into thin strips
 * 1½ cups sliced green onions
 * 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
 * 1 x 14½- to 16-ounce can tomatoes, chopped (2 cups)
 * 1 x 8-ounce can tomato sauce
 * salt
 * ground black pepper
 * ½ teaspoon powdered thyme
 * 1 bay leaf
 * 1½ pounds fillets of flounder or other white fish
 * 3 cups hot cooked rice

Directions

 * 1) Cook green pepper and onions with tops in butter until tender.
 * 2) Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, 1 teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, thyme and bay leaf.
 * 3) Simmer gently for 20 minutes.
 * 4) Remove bay leaf.
 * 5) Arrange fillets in lightly buttered shallow baking pan.
 * 6) Season with salt and pepper.
 * 7) Spoon sauce over fillets.
 * 8) Bake at 375 degrees 15 minutes or until flakes easily with fork.
 * 9) Serve over beds of rice.