Frank's place new orleans gumbo

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Chopped onions
1 cup Chopped celery
1 cup Chopped green bell pepper
2 Cloves garlic,minced
¼ cup Butter or margarine
¼ cup Flour,all-purpose
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 dash Tabasco sauce
5 Bay leaves
1 can Tomatoes,drained(16oz)
1 cup Tomato juice
5 cups Hot water
3 cups Shrimp,shelled/deveined
6 Small hard-shell crabs
24 Shucked oysters
1 pounds Okra,chopped
3 cups Hot cooked rice
Chopped fresh parsley

Directions

1. In large Dutch oven, gently saute 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.

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