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Seafood Gumbo

Source of Recipe

"Southern Living", September 1991


List of Ingredients

1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 medium onions, chopped
8 stalks celery, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 (14 1/2 oz.) cans ready-to-serve chicken broth
2 (28 oz.) cans whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped
2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen sliced okra, thawed (I use fresh okra and boil it before adding it to the gumbo)
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. hot sauce
5 bay leaves
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
2 tsp. dried whole thyme
2 tsp. dried whole basil
2 tsp. dried whole oregano
2 tsp. rubbed sage
1 tsp. pepper
2 lb. unpeeled, medium-size fresh shrimp
1 quart oysters, undrained
1 lb. fresh crabmeat, drained and flaked
1 lb. fish fillets, cut into 1-inch cubes
Hot cooked rice
Gumbo file' (optional)


Recipe

Combine oil and flour in a cast-iron skillet; cook over medium heat 20 minutes, stirring constantly, until roux is the color of chocolate. Stir in onion, celery and garlic; cook 10 minutes, stirring often. Transfer mixture to a Dutch oven. Add chicken broth and next 12 ingredients; simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Peel and devein shrimp. Add shrimp, oysters, crabmeat, and fish to Dutch oven; simmer 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaves. Serve gumbo over hot cooked rice, and if desired, sprinkle with file'.

Makes 7 quarts