Seafood Gumbo
Ingredients
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup flour
- 10 oz okra (optional)
- 2 cups onion, chopped
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 1½ cups bell pepper, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 cups shrimp stock or water
- 8 oz clam juice (optional)
- ½ tsp oregano
- ½ tsp thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1½ tsp salt
- ½–1 tsp cayenne pepper
- Black pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley
- 1 lb Andouille sausage, cut in pieces
- 1 lb shrimp
- ½ pint (or more) oysters
- ½ lb crawfish (optional)
- 4 chopped green onions, for topping
Steps
- Heat oil in 6-8 quart pot. Whisk in flour gradually.
- Cook over medium heat 20 minutes, stirring constantly, until very dark reddish brown. Do not burn.
- Stir in onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic. Cook 10 minutes (15 minutes if using okra).
- Whisk in shrimp stock slowly and gradually.
- Add clam juice, oregano, thyme, bay leaves, salt, cayenne, pepper and parsley. Simmer 15 minutes.
- Add Andouille sausage. Simmer 30-40 minutes.
- Add shrimp, oysters and crawfish. Simmer just until cooked through.
- Top with chopped green onions.
Notes from the original
- You can add cut-up boneless chicken, or substitute chicken for the oysters, if they’re not your thing. If you don’t have Andouille sausage, smoked or Polish sausage will do fine.
- To make shrimp stock, simmer shrimp shells in about 6½ cups of water for 20 minutes.
- Dark roux is what makes this gumbo great.
- Many like to serve this gumbo over rice. It also goes great with a baguette or cornbread.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:Seafood Gumbo” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2025-06-19, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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