Mary ann's gumbo

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
5 tablespoons Oil
5 tablespoons Flour
2 Onions, diced
1½ cup Celery, diced
1 Clove garlic, minced
1 large Can tomatoes, diced
1 small Can tomato sauce
6 cups Water
3 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Pepper
1 tablespoon Gumbo file (ground sassafras leaves)
1 pounds Frozen okra, cut in 1/2 inch slices
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
Cayenne pepper, to taste
1 pounds Shrimp, boiled and peeled
1 pounds Crabmeat (do NOT use imitation stuff)
1 pint Oysters
2 cups Ham, chopped
2 cups Sausage, cooked, sliced and drained

Directions

CHOOSE TWO MEATS

Brown flour in oil until golden or darker. Add onions, celery and garlic and simmer for five minutes, stirring constantly. (Might need to add a little water.) Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, salt, pepper, file, okra, worcestershire, cayenne and meats. Be careful with cayenne. It can become hot in a hurry! Simmer for several hours. Serve in soup bowls over steamed rice.

Recipe by: Mary Ann Chandler

Posted to EAT-L Digest 21 Feb 97 by Chandler <w.ma.chandler@...> on Feb 22, 1997.

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