Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, seafood gumbo. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Seafood Gumbo is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Seafood Gumbo is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Gumbo is one dish that makes Louisiana cuisine so famous. 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. This recipe calls for seafood, but you could also use chicken, duck or sausage.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook seafood gumbo using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Seafood Gumbo:

1. Prepare 3/4 c. Bacon drippings
2. Prepare 1 c. Flour
3. Prepare 1 c. Celery
4. Prepare 1 large white onion
5. Take 1 bellpepper
6. Prepare 1 large tomatoe
7. Get 1 clove garlic
8. Prepare 2 Tbsp. Gumbo file seasoning
9. Make ready 2 Tbsp. Worshircheire
10. Prepare 1 Tbsp. Tony Chachere's (cajun seasoning)
11. Make ready 2 Tbsp. Louisiana hot sauce
12. Get 1 Tbsp. Vinegar
13. Prepare 1 tsp. Salt
14. Make ready 32 oz. Of good beef stock or bone broth
15. Prepare 1 lb. andoullie sausage
16. Get 1 lb. Shrimp
17. Make ready 1 cn. Lump crab meat
18. Take 1 pkg. Frozen okra
19. Make ready 1 c. Cooked rice per bowl
20. Take 1 boiled egg per bowl

The smell will drive you nuts!!! Some opt for seafood, others for chicken and andouille. For this recipe, we chose to fill the gumbo with heady seafood ingredients such as fresh crabmeat, shrimp, and oysters. Thicken with okra as it simmers, or toss in some filé at the finish.

Instructions to make Seafood Gumbo:

1. Heat bacon drippings on low to medium heat and whisk in flour.
2. Continue to whisk and cook roux on medium heat until it reaches a rich dark brown color. This could take up to 30 minutes. Whisk non stop or the roux will burn.
3. Once you reach your desired color, turn down to low to medium heat and add in onion, celery, and bellpepper and let this cook for another 10 minutes. It will become very thick.
4. Add in chopped garlic, andoullie sauage, and chopped tomato and cook another 5 minutes.
5. In a skillet, add a Tbsp of bacon grease, vinager, and okra and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
6. Add stock or bone broth to the roux mixture and stir until well blended.
7. Add gumbo file, Tony's, salt, hot sauce, Worcestershire and stir.
8. Remove cooked okra from skillet with a slotted spatula and add to gumbo.
9. Add lump crab and shrimp and let simmer until ready to serve.
10. Serve gumbo over a bowl of rice and add a boiled egg cut in half. Enjoy!

Seafood Gumbo, with shrimp, crab, chicken Andouille sausage, and okra is an authentic spicy Cajun meal served over rice or grits. This recipe is not super easy as it takes time to cook to properly develop all of the flavors. This recipe all starts with a dark and rich roux made from bacon drippings. Gumbo is a true melting pot dish. Originating in Louisiana it combines the cuisines and ingredients of several cultures including West African, French, German, and Choctaw.

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