Rauch Ranch Rusty Nail

Seafood Gumbo

2 lb shrimp (raw and peeled)

2 pints oysters (or crab meat)

1 % lbfresh sliced okra

4 fresh ripe tomatoes

2 onions

1 large bell pepper

4 pods garlic, minced

% cup celery

% tsp Tabasco seuce

7 can Rotel tomatoes

Parsley

Salt

Pepper

Crushed red peppe?

3 Bay leaves

1 tbsp old bay seasoning

% cup Flour

% cup oil

3 quarts boiling water

Peel shrimp. Sautd the shrimp, onions, bell pepper, gailic, celery and

parsley about 7-10 minules. Put aside. Mahe roux (cook oil andtlour

until chocolate brown). Place cut okra into skillet with enoagh oil to

brown obu Add tomatoes that have been quartered and eook with

okru Cook tomatoes and okra stirring together untiliuice of tomntoes

is cooked out Add cooked okra and tomatoes to roux mirture. Add

sautded mirture to roux. Add two quarb of water plus salt, peppet, red

pepper, bay leaves and Old Bry seasoning stirring until well mixed

Cook slowlyfor one hour. Ako oddiuicefrom oysters at this fimc. Save

oysterc until last 20 minutes before removing gumbofrom heat Serve

over cooked rice. Makes about I % gallons of seafood gumbo.

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