Creole gumbo
Creole gumbo recipe in the soup category
Recipe ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 (16 ounce) cut up tomatoes, undrained
- 1/2 cup chopped green bell peppers
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces crab meat
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 cup sliced okra
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 pound cooked, cleaned shrimp
- 1 tablespoon file powder
Recipe method:
- Mix flour and butter and brown flour.
- Stir in the onion and garlic.
- Cook until onion is tender, but not brown.
- Stir in tomatoes, oregano, green pepper, okra, bay leaves, thyme and Tabasco sauce.
- Add water and salt.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer covered, for about 20 minutes.
- Remove bay leaves.
- Stir in shrimp and crab meat and heat through.
- Remove from heat.
- Blend moderate amount of hot gumbo into the file powder.
- Add to gumbo.
- Serve over rice.
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