Cowboy Gumbo

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	59ml	Butter - margarine or oil
2 tablespoons	30ml	Flour
2		Garlic minced
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Chopped onion
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Chopped gr pepper
2 cups	474ml	Water
1		Z can tomatoes - ¥
1		Z can tomato paste - ¥
1 tablespoon	15ml	Dried parsley
1		Bay leaf
2 tablespoons	30ml	Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons	10ml	Instant beef bouillon
1 teaspoon	5ml	Chili powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Basil
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Ground cloves
1		Fresh or frozen
		Okra
2		Peeled - deveined, up to 2
		Shrimp - crabmeat or crayfish
3 cups	480g / 16oz	Hot cooked rice
		File powder - ( opt )

Recipe Instructions

Combine flour and fat in a heavy saucepot or Dutch oven and cook low heat stirring constantly 10 to 15 minutes or until the mixture is light brown ( roux ). Add garlic, onion and peppers.

Cook until tender. Stir in water, undrained cut up tomatoes, paste and seasonings and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook covered for 30 minutes. Add okra and seafood and return to boil.

Then reduce heat to a simmer and cook another 10 to 15 minutes until heated through. Remove bay leaf. Serve with rice and sprinkle with file powder. F

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