Seafood Gumbo

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups flour
• 1 medium chopped onion
• 2 quarts water
• 3 lbs shrimp (cleaned)
• 2 dozen crabs (cleaned)
• 1 quart oyster, reserve liquid from oysters (drained)
• 2 teaspoons file powder
• rice (cooked)

Recipe

• 1 brown flour in a frying pan with oil until it turns brown.
• 2 this is called a roux.
• 3 add your onions cook them until they are soft.
• 4 pour into a bigger pot, add your water and the liquid from oysters.
• 5 cook to boil and then add your shrimp, crabs, salt and pepper.
• 6 boil 20 minutes, then add the oysters.
• 7 add enough water to make the amount of liquid you would want for your meal.
• 8 cook the oysters about 10 minutes.
• 9 add your file powder and its ready to eat.
• 10 serve over rice.