Recipe - Galveston Gumbo

1 pound Shrimp; frozen fully,
peeled, deveined
2 cup Fresh okra; cut or sliced up , or
10 ounce Frozen okra; cut or sliced up
1/3 cup Shortening; melted
2/3 cup Chopped green onions and
tops
3 Cloves garlic; finely
chopped
1 One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Pepper
2 cup Hot water
1 cup Canned tomatoes
2 Whole bay leaves
6 dr Liquid hot pepper sauce
1 One half cup Cooked rice

Saut‚ okra in shortening about 10 minutes or until okra appears dry,
stirring constantly.

Add onion, garlic, salt, pepper and shrimp. Cook about 5 minutes.

Add water, tomatoes and bay leaves. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.

Remove bay leaves.

Add liquid hot pepper sauce.

Place Three fourths cup rice in the bottom of 6 soup bowls; fill with gumbo.

Possum Kingdom Lake Cookbook

MC Formatted using MC Buster & SNT on 4/9/98
Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Barb at PK abprice@wf.net on Apr 14, 1998