Tomato-and-Crabmeat Cream Gravy

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons butter 
• 3 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon ground pepper red
• 1.5 cups chicken broth low-sodium
• 1 pint lump crab meat fresh drained
• 0.3 cup onion diced
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 2  tomatoes diced
• 1 cup whipping cream 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• whisk

Directions

1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; add onion, and saut 1 minute.
2. Whisk in flour, and cook, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth. (Do not brown.) Gradually add chicken broth and cream, whisking until smooth. Stir in salt and ground red pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer until thickened. Stir in crabmeat and tomatoes; cook just until thoroughly heated.
3. *1 pound unpeeled large, fresh shrimp, cooked and peeled, may be substituted.