Recipe - Cindys Seafood Gumbo

One half cup Salad oil
One half cup Flour
1 lg Onion; chopped
2 Cloves garlic; (up TO 3)
1 cn (16 oz) of tomatoes
One half pound Okra
Oil for frying okra
2 qt Hot water
3 One half teaspoon Salt
Three fourths teaspoon Red pepper
1 Bay leaf
One fourth teaspoon Thyme
8 Allspice berries; (up TO 10)
Few grains of chili pepper
2 pound Shrimp; peeled and deveined
1 pound Lump crab meaat
1 pt Oysters
One half cup Chopped green onion
One half cup Chopped parsley

2. My cousin, Cindy Dawson, gets the credit for this one (which I will be
having Saturday). Nothing better on a cold night.

First you make a roux very dark in a large heavy pot. Add onions and
garlic. Cook slowly until onions are transparent. Add tomatoes and cook on
low heat until oil rises to the top (appx. 30 minutes), stirring
frequently. In separate skillet, fry okra in oil on moderately high heat,
stirring constantly until okra is no longer stringy. Add okra to other
mixture, stir and simmer about 10 minutes. Add water, salt and pepper.
Simmer partially covered for 45 minutes. Add other seasoning and simmer
additional 20 minutes. Add shrimp, simmer 15 minutes. Add crabmeat, simmer
15 minutes. Add oysters during last 5 minutes of cooking. Taste for
seasoning. Remove from fire and add green onions and parsley. Serve over
hot rice. Serves 8 10.

Potatoe Salad goes great with this!

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 424 by Cooca2 Cooca2@aol.com
on Dec 31, 1997