Frank's Place New Orleans Gumbo Recipe by TwT

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Frank's Place New Orleans Gumbo Recipe

1 c Chopped onions
1 c Chopped celery
1 c Chopped green bell pepper
2 Cloves garlic, minced
1/4 c Butter or margarine
1/4 c Flour, all-purpose
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 ds Tabasco sauce
5 Bay leaves
1 cn Tomatoes,drained(16oz)
1 c Tomato juice
5 c Hot water
3 c Shrimp, shelled/deveined
6 Small hard-shell crabs
24 Shucked oysters
1 lb Okra, chopped
3 c Hot cooked rice
Chopped fresh parsley

1. In large Dutch oven, gently saute onion, celery and bell pepper in
butter; add garlic and continue to sauce 5 minutes.
2. Remove from heat and slowly stir in flour.
3. Add salt, pepper, Tabasco, bay leaves, tomatoes and tomato juice; simmer
for 15 minutes.
4. Add the hot water, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and okra; cover and simmer 30
minutes.
5. Spoon a few tablespoons cooked rice in each of six large soup bowls;
ladle gumbo onto rice and garnish with parsley.


This gumbo is very popular in New Orleans