Ultimate Seafood Gumbo
Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ultimate seafood gumbo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This is a real SEAFOOD gumbo. This is the best gumbo I've ever had. The crab boil is the key ingredient - do not omit it. The smell will drive you nuts!!!

Ultimate Seafood Gumbo is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Ultimate Seafood Gumbo is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ultimate seafood gumbo using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:
  1. Get 1 ham hock
  2. Take 2 quart water
  3. Take 1/4 cup butter
  4. Get 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen okra, chopped
  5. Get 2 bell peppers, chopped
  6. Get 2 large onions, chopped
  7. Prepare 3 tbsp parsley flakes
  8. Make ready 2 stalks celery, chopped
  9. Take 6 cloves garlic, smashed, left whole
  10. Get 1 big can whole tomatoes
  11. Get 2 bay leaves
  12. Take 1 tsp salt, to taste
  13. Make ready 1/2 tsp pepper, to taste
  14. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, to taste
  15. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground mace
  16. Take 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  17. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground allspice
  18. Make ready 1 tsp gumbo file
  19. Get 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  20. Get 2 lb peeled, raw shrimp
  21. Get 1 lb crab meat
  22. Get 13 1/2 oz andouille sausage
  23. Take 2 cup cooked rice

We live across the state line in Texas and can't seem to get enough of this traditional gumbo recipe that features okra, shrimp, spicy seasonings and what is called the holy trinity—onions, green peppers and celery. GUMBO: Combine the cayenne, white and black peppers, paprika, thyme, oregano, bay leaf and salt in small bowl. Add onions, celery, and green bell peppers. Turn heat to high, stirring frequently.

Steps to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:
  1. Place the ham hock and water in a stock pot and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the ham hock to cool, reserving the liquid.
  2. In a large skillet, heat the butter over medium heat.
  3. Cook the okra until the gooey strings no longer appear as you stir. Add the bell pepper, onion, parsley, celery, and garlic and cook for 30 minutes. Remove the garlic and discard. Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
  4. Remove the meat from the ham hock and add it to the stock pot. Place the veggies and bay leaves in the pot and cook on medium-low to medium for 3hrs.
  5. Add the seasonings and Worcestershire sauce and stir. Add the shrimp and sausage 30 minutes before serving. Add the crab meat 10 minutes before serving.
  6. Taste. Add hot sauce if desired. Serve with rice. If u like it thicker, add a little corn starch to the to a scoop of the stock, mix it, and return to the pot.

Add onions, celery, and green bell peppers. Turn heat to high, stirring frequently. In addition to shrimp and crab, this Seafood Gumbo is also flavored with the Holy Trinity- (onions, bell pepper, and celery), lots of garlic, a bottle of beer, thyme, bay leaves, Worcestershire sauce, and lots of Cajun seasoning. Plus there's a pound of andouille sausage for some meatiness. Some opt for seafood, others for chicken and andouille.

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