Seafood Okra Gumbo Recipe
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Ingredients: 2/3 cups dark roux, homemade or jarred
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 large yellow onions, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 bell pepper, chopped
1 1/2 quarts vegetable, chicken, or seafood stock
3 bay leaves
1/2 Tbsp thyme leaves
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/2 Tbsp freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbsp salt
2 Lbs okra, cut
2 8-oz cans tomato sauce
2 10-oz cans Rotel tomatoes with chiles
6 gumbo crabs, cleaned and broken in half
1 Lb andouille, sliced (omit during Lent)
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
2 Lbs medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 Lb crab meat
1 pint oysters with juice
Cooked rice, gumbo file', and hot sauce for service
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Directions:In a large gumbo pot, sauté chopped vegetables in olive oil until wilted.
Add stock and bring to a boil. Remove a cup of hot liquid and dissolve the roux into it to make a slurry before adding back to the pot. This is the most important part - you do not want clumps of roux scorching on the bottom of the pot. Stir, stir, stir.
Add seasonings, okra, andouille, tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Boil for an hour, stirring every so often.
Add crabs and shrimp. Boil another 15 minutes.
Turn heat to low. Add oysters in their liquor, crab meat, green onions, and parsley. Stir and let sit covered for 5 minutes. Stir again and taste. Adjust seasoning and stir again. Taste and repeat, if needed.
Serve over rice with file' and hot sauce available. |
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Notes: This dish may be humankind's greatest achievement. I could write a small book about gumbo but won't do so here. Suffice to say "gumbo" is an African word for okra, but many gumbos no longer include it. This one does. In Louisiana, gumbo is often associated with cold weather, but crabs, and to a lesser degree shrimp, are associated with summer. With modern freezers, we can have both. So, I say enjoy this wonderful dish whenever you wish. Bon appetit.
Pappy
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