File Gumbo Lafayette

Recipe Ingredients

1		Okra - frozen, sliced (10
		Oz.)
1/3 cup	20g / 0.7oz	Beef fry drippings
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Green onions w/tops - chopped
1 cup	110g / 3.9oz	Celery - diced
1		Garlic - minced
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Flour
2 cups	474ml	Hot water
1		Stewed tomatoes - (16 oz.)
		Salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
1		Bay leaf
		Tabasco to taste
1		Salmon - (15 1/2 oz.)
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	File' or to taste
1 1/3 cups	213g / 7.5oz	Cooked rice

Recipe Instructions

Thaw okra and saute in Beef-Frye drippings or vegetables shortening for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add onions, celery, and garlic and cook about. 5 minutes more.

Stir in flour. Add hot water, stirring constantly, and cook until slightly thickened. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, and by leaf and cover. Simmer for additional 20 minutes on low heat. Remove bay leaf and add Tabasco sauce.

De-bone and skin salmon and add to gumbo. Heat thoroughly. Add dash of file' just before serving.

Serve in soup bowls or plates over hot cooked rice.

Source:
John Phillip Carroll

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