Seafood Okra Gumbo
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 quart okra, cut into 1/2 in. pieces
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1⁄4 cup parsley, chopped
- 2 quarts water
- 1 (16 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
- 2 -3 lbs shrimp
- 2 bay leaves
- 2⁄3 cup oil
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 2 small boiled crabs
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- salt
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
directions
- Peel and devein shrimp. Set aside in refrigerator. Boil shrimp shells in 2 qt: several hours to make a stock. Set aside.
- In a heavy skillet, heat 2 tbs oil and saute the okra about 1/2 hour. Set aside.
- In a large (6-8 qt.) heavy Dutch Oven make a dark brown roux with the oil and flour.
- Add onions, bell pepper, celery, garlic and parsley and saute until tender.
- Add tomatoes and cook 15 minutes.
- Add sauteed okra, shrimp stock, crabs (broken into quart leaves, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper and cayenne. Bring to a slow boil and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add salt to taste.
- Add the peeled shrimp and continue cooking until the shrimp are done.
- Serve over steamed rice. This dish is best if cooked a day in advance and left overnight.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sherri Dodsworth
Cape San Blas, Florida
Living on Cape San Blas, America's #1 beach is great - we have sugar white sand, emerald green water, fabulous fresh seafood, wildlife all around, and even what we don't have makes life good: no crowds, no traffic jams, no high rises, no crime. But since we also have virtually no restaurants either, we're into creating great meals at home for friends and neighbors.
Since we're always exchanging recipes, I started an online cookbook of our fave recipes, http://CapeSanBlasCookbook.com. For a taste of what's cooking on Florida's Forgotten Coast, I hope you'll stop by and take a browse.