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Mulate's Seafood Gumbo

Source of Recipe


Mulate's Restaurant, Louisiana






List of Ingredients



• 1-1/2 cups finely chopped onion
  
• Ms. G's Cajun Shaker (to taste)
  
• 2 lbs. medium shrimp, shells on
  
• 1/2 to 3/4 cup roux (see How to Make a Roux, in Cajun-n-Creole category)
  
• 1 pint raw oysters, with juice
  
• 1 lb. lump crabmeat
  
• Green onion tops (optional)
  
• Cooked rice
  






Instructions



1. Fill half of a 5-quart pot with water; add onion and seasoning. Bring to a boil.
   
   
2. When water is boiling, add shrimp and cook for approximately 5 minutes. Remove shrimp from water; cool and peel.
   
   
3. Add roux to shrimp stock (water) and boil for 30 minutes. Stir well and often. Make sure roux does not stick to bottom of pot. Add oysters, with juice. When water resumes boiling, allow to cook for 10 minutes. Turn heat down to simmer and add crabmeat.
   
   Add onion tops now, if desired. Serve over white rice.
   
   Makes 6 to 8 servings.