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Name: Seafood Gumbo Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: not set
Ingredients: At least 6 cold beers for the chef; 4 pounds medium (16 to 20 count) shrimp shell-on and preferably head-on; 6 blue crabs; Salt; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 small onion coarsely chopped; 1 celery stalk coarsely chopped; 2 garlic cloves; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1 4- inch fresh rosemary sprig or 2 tablespoons dried; 13 bay leaves; 9 quarts (36 cups) water; 3 cups vegetable oil; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 large onion; 2 medium green bell peppers diced; 3 celery stalks diced; 2 jalapeño peppers stemmed seeded, and finely chopped; 6 garlic cloves minced; 2 tablespoons salt; 2 teaspoons paprika; 2 teaspoons filé powder; 2 teaspoons chile powder; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoon white pepper; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; Several dashes of store-bought or homemade hot sau

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INGREDIENTS

At least 6 cold beers for the chef
4 pounds medium (16 to 20 count) shrimp ; shell-on and preferably head-on
6 blue crabs
Salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small onion coarsely ; chopped
1 celery stalk coarsely ; chopped
2 garlic cloves
2 teaspoons paprika
1 4- inch fresh rosemary sprig or 2 tablespoons ; dried
13 bay leaves
9 quarts (36 cups) water
3 cups vegetable oil
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 large onion
2 medium green bell peppers ; diced
3 celery stalks diced
2 jalapeño peppers stemmed ; seeded, and finely chopped
6 garlic cloves ; minced
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons filé powder
2 teaspoons chile powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
Several dashes of store-bought or homemade hot sau
2 pints shucked oysters ; liquor strained and reserved
1 pound crab claw meat ; carefully picked over for shells

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Seafood Gumbo Recipe

At least 6 cold beers for the chef
4 pounds medium (16 to 20 count) shrimp shell-on and preferably head-on
6 blue crabs
 Salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small onion  coarsely chopped
1 celery stalk  coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves
2 teaspoons paprika
1 4- inch fresh rosemary sprig or 2 tablespoons dried
13 bay leaves
9 quarts (36 cups) water
3 cups vegetable oil
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 large onion
2 medium green bell peppers diced
3 celery stalks  diced
2 jalapeño peppers  stemmed seeded, and finely chopped
6 garlic cloves minced
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons filé powder
2 teaspoons chile powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
 Several dashes of store-bought or homemade hot sau
2 pints shucked oysters liquor strained and reserved
1 pound crab claw meat carefully picked over for shells

Make the seafood stock1. Crack open a beer and start sipping while you peel the shrimp. Set the shells and heads aside in a bowl. Set aside the bodies for the gumbo.2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the crabs and a generous amount of salt, cover the pot, and boil for 5 to 7 minutes. Drain immediately and set the crabs aside to cool. (Yes, after just 5 to 7 minutes. If you were going to fully cook the crabs, you would boil them for 10 to 15 minutes, but you want to leave most of the flavor in the crab to cook in the gumbo, so here you’re heating them just enough to take them apart and salvage the shells and sweet meat.)3. Peel the front flaps and tops off the crabs and place in a large bowl with the shrimp heads and shells. Use your fingers to scoop out the orange back fat from the middle of the crab and set aside in a small bowl. Break the crab bodies into four pieces and set aside for the gumbo, but in a different bowl as the shrimp bodies.4. Heat the oil in a large pot over high heat. Add the reserved crab and shrimp shells and shrimp heads, if using. Cook, stirring until the shells turn pink, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the onion, celery, garlic, paprika, rosemary, bay leaves, and water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and gently simmer for 1 hour.5. Remove the stock from the heat and strain, discarding the solids.?Make the seafood gumbo6. Heat the 3 cups vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot but not smoking, whisk in the flour and reduce the heat to medium. Cook, whisking slowly but constantly, until the roux has thickened and is the color of a dark copper penny, 45 minutes to an hour. You’ll want to reduce the heat gradually as you go. When the roux first begins to take on color, for instance, reduce the heat to medium. Continue in this fashion, gradually lowering the heat as the color of the roux deepens. By the end of the cooking, when the roux is appropriately dark, the heat should be on low. It’s essential to whisk the roux constantly as it cooks (but not so vigorously that you splatter the roux and burn yourself!), because if even a small bit of flour sticks to the pot, it will become spotty, scorch quickly, and burn the entire roux.7. Carefully add the onion, bell pepper, celery, jalapeños, and the reserved crab back fat. (I say “carefully” because this will create a near volcanic reaction of bubbling, steaming, and sizzling.) Stir until the vegetables are well coated. Stir in the garlic, salt, paprika, filé powder, chile powder, black pepper, cayenne, white pepper, oregano, red pepper flakes, thyme, and hot sauce and continue to cook, stirring, for a few minutes. Add two-thirds of the strained stock and the oyster liquor, bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stirring frequently and scraping the bottom of the pot to ensure nothing clumps and burns, until the mixture returns to a simmer.8. Start skimming the oil from the top of the gumbo almost instantly (by the end of the cooking process, the gumbo will have released almost all of the oil from the roux). Continue to simmer and skim for about 1 hour. Taste it. If it still has a strong roux flavor, gradually add the remaining one-third of the stock, tasting as you go, until the flavor tastes more like the stock than the roux. If your seafood gumbo doesn’t have a strong roux flavor, freeze the remaining stock for another use.9. When the flavor of the liquid has developed and its appearance is clearer (that is to say, with fewer dots of oil), add the oysters and crab meat. Bring the seafood gumbo back to a simmer and cook gently for 15 to 20 minutes. Skim once more and add the shrimp, and simmer for 1 more hour. Ladle the seafood gumbo into bowls and crack open another beer.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (310g)
Recipe Makes: 12 Servings

Calories: 576
Calories from Fat: 393 (68%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 43.7g	58 %
	Saturated Fat 3.4g	17 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 27.1g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 12.4g
Cholesterol 29.5mg		9 %
Sodium 646.4mg		22 %
Potassium 275mg		7 %
Total Carbohydrate 35.2g		10 %
	Dietary Fiber 2.5g	10 %
	Sugars, other 32.7g
Protein 11.7g		17 %
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