All Easy Recipes. Cook all that you can cook. Crab, Shrimp And Okra Gumbo
 
What You Need:            (To Serve: 6)
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  • 1 pound lump crab meat, cooked
  • 1 pound shrimp, cooked, peeled and deveined
  • 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 6 tablespoons flour
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons green onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1-2 drops hot pepper sauce
  • 1 pound okra, cut, cooked and drained (or 1 can okra)
  • 1 lemon, sliced
  • 3 cups cooked rice

  • How To Cook:
    1. In a heavy 4 to 5-quart Dutch oven, melt butter; blend in flour.

    2. Cook slowly, stirring constantly, over medium heat until medium bro in color, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.

    3. Add onions, green peppers, green onions and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, until lightly browned. Gradually stir in chicken broth.

    4. Add tomato sauce, parsley, salt, thyme, cayenne, bay leaf and hot pepper sauce. Bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer 30 minutes.

    5. Add okra, lemon slices, crab meat and shrimp, Cover and simmer 5 minutes or until shrimp are pink and tender.

    6. Remove and discard lemon slices. Serve by ladling gumbo over mounds of cooked rice in deep soup bowls.


     
     
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