Creole Seafood Gumbo

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter or margarine
1 cup	237ml	Green bell pepper - chop (small)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Flour - all-purpose
1 teaspoon	5ml	Tabasco sauce
2 cups	474ml	Liquid - (water/seafood juice)
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Thyme
2 cups	474ml	Cut okra
1		Bay leave
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Peeled - cubed tomatoes
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Shrimp - crabmeat, oyster combo
1		Onion - chopped (large)
3 cups	480g / 16oz	Hot cooked rice

Recipe Instructions

1. Melt butter in large saucepan; blend in flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until dark brown.

2. Add liquid, okra, tomatoes, onion, pepper, Tabasco, thyme and bay leaf; bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring frequently.

3. Add seafood and cook, covered, 10 to 15 minutes longer.

4. Remove bay leaf and serve in soup bowls with mound of hot rice in center.

Source:
Shape Cooks, Spring 1998

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