Cajun Gumbo

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons salad oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 whole scallions, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 stalks celery, wih leaves chopped
• 1 lb canned tomato
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons pepper
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 10 ounces frozen okra or 1 lb fresh okra, sliced
• 1 lb shrimp, uncooked
• 2 teaspoons gumbo file
• 1 cup rice, uncooked

Recipe

• 1 saute onion, green pepper, scallions, garlic and celery in oil until tender.
• 2 add remaining ingredients except for shrimp, gumbo file and rice.
• 3 cover and cook slowly for 30 minutes.
• 4 add shrimp and boil gently for 10 minutes or more.
• 5 remove from heat and add gumbo file.
• 6 let stand until ready to serve.
• 7 cook rice according to package directrions.
• 8 place a scoop of rice in large soup bowls and ladle gumbo over rice.
• 9 note: for variation, crab may be substituted for shrimp.
• 10 also, for a summer causal gathering, drop clean cooked crab bodies into the gumbo when adding shrimp.
• 11 guests will scoop up and pick out meat.