New Orleans Creole Gumbo

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons fat
• 2 1/2 cups okra, sliced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 sprigs parsley
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup shrimp, cleaned
• 1 cup crab, picked over
• 1 pint small oysters with liquor
• 2 quarts hot water

Recipe

• 1 melt fat.
• 2 add okra and onion and fry until soft.
• 3 sprinkle with flour and salt.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 add green pepper, bay leaves, parsley, thyme, tomato sauce, shrimp, crab, oysters with liquor, and hot water.
• 6 mix well and cook slowly for 1 hour. gumbo will be thick and dark.
• 7 serve in bowl with cooked rice.