Big Daddy's Seafood Gumbo

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 8 cups water
• 1/4 cup instant rice
• 1 onion, diced
• 1/4 cup celery, diced
• 3 sweet peppers, diced
• 1 lb swordfish, cubed you can use any kind of fish
• 1 lb crawfish tail
• 1 lb raw shrimp
• 5 okra, sliced
• 1 (5 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 10 mussels
• 1 tablespoon old bay seasoning
• 1 tablespoon gumbo file
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 make a roux by melting the butter in a small sauce pan over low heat and gradually sprinkling in the flour and immediately start stirring constantly until it reaches a nice golden brown color. this may take 10- 20 minutes. remove from heat and continue stirring until cool. if black specks appear it is burned and you will have to start over.
• 2 add onions, celery and peppers and roux to a large pot over medium heat and saute until the vegetables are tender.
• 3 add in water, rice, tomatoes, okras, seasonings, worcestershire sauce and tomato sauce.
• 4 reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 5 add fish, raw shrimp and crawfish.
• 6 add more seasonings if needed.
• 7 continue cooking for an additional 10 - 20 minutes.
• 8 add the mussels and simmer an additional 5 minutes, once the mussels open, they are ready.
• 9 the longer this cooks the better it tastes.