Ingredients
- From the poster: "...The crab boil is the key ingredient - do not omit it. NOTE: If you can't find Crab Boil at your grocery, see recipe below*.
- 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 oysters (OPTIONAL)
- 1 lb firm white fish fillets (halibut, white fish, cod)
- 1 tablespoon gumbo file powder
- 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.
- In large dutch oven, saute onion, celery, and okra until limp.
- Add roux, broth, tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, crab boil packet, and salt and pepper.
- Simmer for 2 hours.
- 10 minutes before serving, add all raw fish and seafood and the file powder.
- Simmer until done, but do not boil.
- Serve over bowls of rice.
- 6-8 servings
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- *Crab Boil Spices
- 1 cup
- 1/4 cup pickling spices
- 1/4 cup sea salt
- 2 tablespoons mustard seeds
- 2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons hot red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon celery seeds
- 1 tablespoon dried chives, minced
- 2 teaspoons ginger, ground
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 5 bay leaves
- Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulsing, process until the mixture forms a coarse powder.
- (For cooking shrimp, add 1/4 cup of the spices, along with 2 teaspoons salt, to a large saucepan of boiling water or half water and half beer.
- For lobster or crab, use 1 part distilled white wine to 3 parts water.
- Add the seafood and cook for 2 minutes, or until just cooked through.
- Remove the seafood and serve or chill).
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Directions
See above.
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Submitted 10/25/05.
Source: Recipezaar
Submitted By: merstar unicorn
SEAFOOD GUMBO