Seafood Gumbo

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup oil
• 3 -4 tablespoons flour
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 (1 lb) bag frozen chopped okra
• 1 quart chicken broth
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, w/liquid
• 4 -5 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 -3 tablespoons crab boil, tied in cheesecloth
• salt & pepper
• hot pepper sauce
• 2 lbs raw shrimp, peeled
• 1 lb crabmeat or 2 cans crabmeat
• 1 pint oyster (optional)
• 1 lb firm fish fillet (halibut, fish, cod)
• 1 tablespoon gumbo file powder

Recipe

• 1 to make a roux, heat oil, add flour and cook over medium heat until very dark but not scorched, stirring constantly. if using butter, be very careful because it burns easily. set aside.
• 2 in large dutch oven, saute onion, celery, and okra until limp.
• 3 add roux, broth, tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, crab boil packet, and salt and pepper. (note: if you can't find crab boil at your grocery, please refer to crab boil spices by candie yoder or # 34801 by miller)
• 4 simmer for 2 hours.
• 5 10 minutes before serving, add all raw fish and seafood and the file powder.
• 6 simmer until done, but do not boil.
• 7 serve over bowls of rice.