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Recipe: Seafood Gumbo #2

Categories: Soup

Yield: 4 Servings

3/4 c Cooking oil
3/4 c Flour

      1 c  Onions; chopped
      3    Cloves garlic; chopped
           -- finely
      1 c  Celery; chopped

1/2 c Bell pepper; chopped
1/2 lb Sausage pieces (optional)

      1 cn (8-oz) tomato sauce
      2 qt Water
      2 cn (no. 2) sliced okra with
           -- tomato sauce
      2 cn (small) crabmeat; or fresh
      2 qt Water
      2    Bay leaves

2 1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper
1/2 ts Red pepper
1 ts Thyme
1 1/2 lb Fresh or frozen shrimp;

-- peeled
1/2 c Chopped green onion
1/2 c Chopped parsley
1 pt Oysters (optional)

Make a dark roux by blending flour in oil on a low heat. Stir constantly until a dark color. Add onion, garlic, celery and green pepper; simmer until transparent. Add sausage, tomato sauce and enough water to make consistency of thick gravy. Transfer to a larger boiler. Add okra, crabmeat, seasonings and remaining water. Bring to a boil and simmer until thick. Add shrimp, green onion, parsley and oysters; cook 20 minutes, or until shrimp are done. Don't overcook. Serve over fluffy rice. Serves 12. May be frozen if oysters are omitted.

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From <A Taste of Louisiana>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.


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