Shrimp and okra gumbo
4 Servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | pounds | Fresh shrimp; peeled and deveined |
1 | pack | (small) dried shrimp; washed well |
4 | tablespoons | Cooking oil |
5 | tablespoons | All-purpose flour |
1 | medium | Onion; chopped |
¾ | cup | Whole tomatoes |
1 | Piece bell pepper; diced | |
1 | Bay leaf | |
1 | Rib celery; chopped | |
1 | pack | (8-oz) frozen okra; cut in small pieces |
1 | Clove garlic; mashed | |
1 | tablespoon | Green onions; chopped |
1 | tablespoon | Parsley; chopped |
3½ | pint | Water |
Salt & red pepper to taste |
Directions
Put fresh, washed shrimp in 1 pint of water with 1 teaspoon salt; cook over medium heat about 5 minutes or until shrimp turns pink. Turn off heat and leave covered 3 minutes, drain and reserve liquid for gumbo ln a large pot with heavy bottom, heat oil; add flour. Make a roux (brown flour in oil) of deep golden brown; cook on a low heat, stirring constantly. Take pot off heat and quickly add onions and garlic; cook 4 minutes. Return to heat; add bell pepper, bay, leaf, broth with remaining water and dried shrimp. Let come to a boil; then add tomatoes and okra, stirring until it comes to a boil again. Reduce to simmer and cook, covered for 1 hour. Add cooked shrimp, green onion and parsley to gumbo just before serving. Serve in soup bowls with cooked rice. Note: For a different taste treat, shrimp gumbo file is made the same way, only omit okra, but putting ¼ teaspoon gumbo fil into each serving.
(Do not cook fil). Fil is herb powder made from sassafras leaves, and can be found in most stores in the spice section.
From <A Taste of Louisiana>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .
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