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                          CREOLE SEAFOOD GUMBO

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Stews                            Seafood

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1/4   c            Butter -- or margarine
  2       tb           Flour
  2       c            Liquid -- (water/seafood
                       -liquor)
  2       c            Okra, cut
  2       c            Tomato -- peeled & cubed
  1       lg           Onion -- chopped
  1       sm           Bell pepper, green -- chopped
  1       t            Tabasco sauce
    1/8   ts           Thyme
  1                    Bay leave
  2       c            Shrimp, crabmeat, oyster
                       -combo
  3       c            Rice -- hot cooked

 Make a dark roux of the butter and flour over low
 heat, stirring constantly. Add liquid, okra, tomatoes,
 onion, pepper, Tabasco, thyme and bay leaf; bring to a
 boil, then cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring
 frequently.  Add seafood and cook, covered, 10 to 15
 minutes longer. Remove bay leaf and serve in soup
 bowls with mound of hot rice in center.



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