Seafood Gumbo

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 quart plus 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 4 to 5 dashes hot sauce
• 3 to 4 bay leaves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (10 oz.) package frozen okra, cut
• 1 (6 oz.) package frozen crabmeat, thawed and undrained
• 2 (6 oz.) packages frozen cooked shrimp
• 1 pint fresh oysters, drained
• Cooked rice

Directions

Heat oil in a 3 quart Dutch oven; add flour, stirring constantly. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, 10 to 15 minutes or until roux is the color of a copper penny.

Melt butter in a small skillet; add onion, celery and garlic, and cook until tender. Stir into roux mixture. Gradually add water, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, bay leaves, salt, and pepper; simmer 1 hour.

Add okra; cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to separate okra. Stir in seafood; cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until oysters curl at edges. Remove bay leaves.

Serve gumbo hot over cooked rice.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Unknown
Submitted By: Teresa Johnson
techgoddess@att.net
Seafood Gumbo