Cajun Gumbo

"Best when prepared the day ahead."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
18
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Saute onion, green pepper, scallions, garlic and celery in oil until tender.
  • Add remaining ingredients except for shrimp, gumbo file and rice.
  • Cover and cook slowly for 30 minutes.
  • Add shrimp and boil gently for 10 minutes or more.
  • Remove from heat and add gumbo file.
  • Let stand until ready to serve.
  • Cook rice according to package directrions.
  • Place a scoop of rice in large soup bowls and ladle gumbo over rice.
  • Note: For variation, crab may be substituted for shrimp.
  • Also, for a summer causal gathering, drop clean cooked crab bodies into the gumbo when adding shrimp.
  • Guests will scoop up and pick out meat.

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  1. cajuns do not put okra or tomatoes in their gumbo.
     
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