Seafood Gumbo

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 medium celery ribs, chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh okra, cut into 1/2-inch pieces or 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen cut okra, thawed and drained or 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans okra, drained
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/4 cup butter, plus
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 lb medium raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 12 ounces imitation crabmeat
• 3 cups cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 mix onion, bell pepper, celery, okra and garlic; reserve.
• 2 heat butter in 6- to 8-quart dutch oven over medium heat until hot. gradually stir in flour. cook, stirring occasionally, until caramel colored, about 7 minutes.
• 3 add half of reserved onion mixture. cook, stirring constantly, about 1 minute. stir in remaining onion mixture. cook until celery is crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. stir in and break up tomatoes. stir in chicken broth, salt, pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper and bay leaves. heat to boiling; reduce heat. simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, 1 hour.
• 4 add shrimp and crabmeat to dutch oven. heat to boiling. boil uncovered 1 1/2 minutes; remove from heat. cover and let stand 15 minutes. stir and remove bay leaves. serve over rice.