Seafood And Turkey-Sausage Gumbo

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	All purpose flour
1 tablespoon	15ml	Vegetable oil
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Chopped onion
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Chopped green bell pepper
3		Garlic cloves - chopped
1 teaspoon	5ml	Dried thyme
1		Bay leaf
10 oz	284g	Low-fat Italian turkey sausages - (abt 3) - casings removed
1		Diced tomatoes in juice - (28 oz)
1 cup	237ml	Canned low-salt chicken broth or
		Vegetable broth
2 teaspoons	10ml	Creole or Cajun seasoning
8		Uncooked large shrimp - peeled, deveined
2		Catfish fillets - (6 oz ea) - each cut 4 pieces
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Sprinkle flour over bottom of heavy large pot. Stir flour constantly over medium-low heat until flour turns golden brown (do not allow to burn), about 15 minutes. Pour browned flour into bowl.

Heat oil in same pot over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper and saute until tender, about 7 minutes. Add garlic, thyme and bay leaf; stir 1 minute. Add sausages and saute until brown, breaking up with back of spoon, about 5 minutes, then add browned flour. Add tomatoes with juices, broth and Creole seasoning. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes to blend flavors, stirring frequently.

Add shrimp and catfish to pot and simmer just until seafood is opaque in center, about 5 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Per serving: calories, 317; total fat, 9 g; saturated fat, 2 g; cholesterol, 151 mg.

Source:
Bon Appetit, February 1999

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