Seafood Gumbo Recipe

Seafood Gumbo Recipe

I always like to serve Seafood gumbo during Mardi Gras time, and this weather definitely screams SOUP to me. My family always enjoys this gumbo.

Don’t add the seafood until 10 minutes before serving. It cooks very quickly and will get tough if cooked too long.

Ingredients
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp flour
2 onions chopped
1 green pepper chopped
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tbsp red pepper
4 bay leaves
2 quarts water
1 pound crab meat
1 pint oysters
1 pound raw shrimp
1 cup green onion tops
1 tbsp file’
Cooked rice

Directions
Make a dark roux by cooking the flour and oil in a large Dutch oven until the flour is brown in color.

Add the onion, pepper, and celery to the roux. Add the water and the seasonings and cook for 1/2 hour.

Add shrimp and cook for 10 minutes. Add crabmeat, oysters and green onions, and simmer for 10 more minutes. Add file’.

Serve seafood gumbo over rice.

Another good Seafood Gumbo Recipe that I like has Andouille sausage and cooks in the crockpot all day. Find the recipe here: Crockpot Seafood Gumbo