Ultimate Seafood Gumbo
Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

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Experience the quality of our seafood and you'll agree it's nature's finest work. 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.

Ultimate Seafood Gumbo is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Ultimate Seafood Gumbo is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have ultimate seafood gumbo using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

Seafood Gumbo 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. 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.

Instructions 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.

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. 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.

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