Cajun Seafood Gumbo Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup flour
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 12 oz fresh/frozen shrimp, peeled and de-veined
- 6 oz fresh/frozen crab meat
- ½ pint shucked oysters, drained
- ½ cup onion; chopped
- ½ cup red sweet peppers, chopped
- ½ cup green sweet peppers, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic; minced
- dash of salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp ground red pepper
- 3 cups chicken broth, heated
- 2 large tomatoes; cut up
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 ½ cups sliced okra / 1-10 oz pkg frozen cut okra
- 3 cups hot cooked rice
Directions:
- Thaw shrimp and crab if frozen
- For roux, in a large Dutch oven combine flour and oil until smooth. Cook over medium-high heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium. Cook and stir about 10 minutes more or until roux is light reddish brown
- Stir in onion, red sweet pepper, green sweet pepper, garlic, salt, black pepper, and ground red pepper. Cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until vegetables are just crisp-tender, stirring often
- Gradually stir in hot chicken broth.
- Stir in undrained tomatoes, okra, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil
- Reduce heat and simmer, covered for 30 minutes
- Stir in shrimp, crab meat, and oysters. Simmer, covered, about 5 minutes or until shrimp turn opaque and oysters curl around the edges
- Discard bay leaves
- Serve with rice
Yield: 6 servings
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