Seafood & sausage gumbo

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1gallonBoiling water
½pintCold roux
1pintOnions -- chopped
½pintCelery -- chopped
½pintParsley -- chopped
½pintBell pepper -- chopped
poundsSmoked sausage -- ground or
Sliced
4poundsShrimp -- peeled
1poundsCrabmeat
1pintOysters
2pintsOyster water
Salt and pepper to taste
Cayenne pepper to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste
File to taste
3cupsRice -- cooked

Directions

If roux is hot, dissolve in cold water. Boil for approximately ½ hour and then add onions, celery, parsley and bell pepper and boil for an additional ½ hour. Add sausage, shrimp, crabmeat, oysters and oyster water. Add seasonings. Boil for an additional hour at a low boil, turn off heat and let stand for approximately 5 minutes.

Skim excess fat and add file, if desired, and serve over cooked rice.

Makes 2 gallons. Festival: Bridge City Gumbo Festival; October 13-15, 1995 Recipe: John Noel

Recipe By : New Orleans Recipes