Creole Seafood Gumbo From Tony Burke

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Course : Gumbo
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons flour -- all-purpose
2 cups liquid -- (water/seafood juice)
2 cups cut okra
2 cups peeled -- cubed tomatoes
1 large onion -- chopped
1 small green bell pepper -- chop
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/8 teaspoon thyme
1 piece bay leave
2 cups shrimp -- crabmeat, oyster
3 cups hot cooked rice
 

Preparation:

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.