Commanders Palace Seafood Gumbo

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: American

Ready in 4 hours

Ingredients

1/4 c Chopped bell (green) pepper

2 lb Peeled raw shrimp

1/4 bn Chopped parsley

1/2 pt Oysters with juice

3 qt Water

6 tb Flour

3 Bay Leaves

1/2 ts Thyme

Salt and pepper to taste

1 cn

1/2 c Shortening

1 lb Claw crabmeat

1/2 c Celery chopped

1 pk Frozen okra

1/2 c Diced onion

1 cn (8 oz.) tomato sauce

6 Cloves garlic, chopped


Directions

~ Yields 1 gallon Make a roux with the flour and shortening. Add garlic and cook until golden brown. Add onion, bell pepper, celery and cook until transparent. Add shrimp and tomato sauce, simmer 10 minutes, stir in water and blend well. Add all other ingredients except okra and oysters. Cook 1 hour, add okra and cook 20 minutes. Add oysters and cook 10 mins longer. Serve in s soup bowl over steamed rice. Posted to FOODWINE Digest 22 Jan 97 by ALICIA GOLDMAN <ATRIUM.SURGERYPO.AGOLDMAN@OCHSNER.ORG> on Jan 22, 1997.

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