Creole Gumbo Pot

6 Servings

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Creole Gumbo Pot Ingredients

1 sm Eggplant	3/4 c Frozen corn, thawed
2 ts Salt	2 c Boiling chicken stock
3 tb Olive oil	1 cn Tomatoes in tomato juice
1 lg Onion, chopped	2 tb Long grain white rice
1 Red pepper, seeded, diced	8 oz Peeled cooked medium-size
1 Garlic clove, crushed	Salt to taste
2 ts Paprika	Fresh ground pepper to taste
1/2 ts Hot chili powder	Fresh dill sprigs (opt)
4 oz Fresh okra

Instructions for Creole Gumbo Pot

Trim stalk end from eggplant. Cut in 1/2" pieces and place in a colander. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons salt; let stand 30 minutes. Rinse under cold water and drain well. Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add eggplant, onion, red pepper and garlic and fry over low heat 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in paprika and chili powder and cook gently 2 minutes. Trim stalk ends from okra and discard. Cut okra in quarters. Add okra, corn, chicken stock and tomatoes to eggplant mixture. Break up tomatoes with a spoon. Stir in rice, cover and simmer gently 25 minutes or until vegetables and rice are tender. Add shrimp to mixture and heat through 5 minutes, stirring ocasionally. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with dill sprigs, if desired. VARIATION: Stir in 2/3 cup half-and-half and heat through just before serving. From Geminis MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

Main Ingredient: ChickenCuisine: Uncategorized