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Seafood Gumbo

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup vegetable oil

  • ¾ cup bleach flour

  • 2 cup chopped yellow onions

  • 1 cup chopped bell peppers

  • 1 cup chopped celery

  • 1 tablespoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

  • 5 bay leaves

  • 8 cups water or chicken broth

  • 1 pound medium shrimp

  • 1 pound lump crabmeat

  • 1 pound scallops

  • 2 tablespoons green onions, chopped

  • 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped

  • 1 pound fresh clam strips

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Directions

  1. Combine the oil and flour in a large cast-iron or enameled cast-iron Dutch oven over medium heat. 

  2. Stirring slowly and constantly, make a dark brown roux the color of chocolate, should take 20-25 minutes. 

  3. Add water, onions, bell peppers, celery, salt, cayenne and bay leaves. Cook stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften, 10 minutes. 

  4. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 1½ hours. 

  5. Add the shrimp and crabmeat and cook for 15 minutes. 

  6. Add scallops, green onions, parsley and clam strips; cook until the edges of oysters curl, 2-3 minutes.

  7. Remove the bay leaves.  Serve immediately over steamed long grain rice in a soup bowl. 

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