Frank's Place New Orleans Gumbo

Grrrrrgh!
Course : Gumbo
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
2 cloves garlic -- minced
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup flour -- all-purpose
1 teaspoon salt to taste
1 teaspoon pepper to taste
1/8 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
5 pieces bay leaves
16 ounces tomatoes -- drained
1 cup tomato juice
5 cups hot water
3 cups shrimp -- shelled/deveined
6 small hard-shell crabs
24 medium shucked oysters
1 pound okra -- chopped
3 cups hot cooked rice
1 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
 

Preparation:

1. In large Dutch oven, gently sauté onion, celery and bell pepper in butter; add garlic and continue to sauce 5 minutes. 2. Remove from heat and slowly stir in flour. 3. Add salt, pepper, Tabasco, bay leaves, tomatoes and tomato juice; simmer for 15 minutes. 4. Add the hot water, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and okra; cover and simmer 30 minutes. 5. Spoon a few tablespoons cooked rice in each of six large soup bowls; ladle gumbo onto rice and garnish with parsley.