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Crawfish File Gumbo

Cuisine: Cajun
Type: Fish, Shellfish
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup 198g / 7ozShortening
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozFlour
1   Onion - minced
1/4 cup 23g / 0.8ozParsley - minced
3   Garlic - minced
1/4 cup 27g / 1ozCelery leaves - minced
1 lb 454g / 16ozCrawfish tails - cleaned
8 cups 1896mlWater
1/2 cup 118mlCrawfish fat
  Seasonings to taste

Recipe Instructions

Make a roux by cooking shortening and flour together to make a golden brown color while stirring constantly. Add onions and cook until soft. Add crawfish fat.

Stir constantly while cooking over low heat until shortening floats on top. Add water and seasonings.

Simmer over a low heat for 30 min. About 1/2 hr before serving, add garlic and crawfish tails and let simmer for 25 min. longer.

Add parsley, green onion tops, celery leaves and simmer 5 min. longer. Just before serving, add about 3/4 tsp. file powder, if desired. Serve in soup plates with hot steamed rice and Tabasco sauce, if desired.

Source:
Paul Prudhomme's "Fork in the Road"

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