Authentic Louisiana Seafood Gumbo Recipe
Deliciously tasty, New Orleans style Seafood Gumbo. The perfect blend of seafood and smokiness with just enough spice to get those lips tingling! Serves perfectly with rice and potato salad.
Ingredients
- 1 cupall purpose flour
- 1 cupcanola oil
- 2 cupsyellow onions (chopped
- 1 cupgreen bell peppers (chopped
- 1 cupcelery (chopped
- 2links andouille sausage (sliced
- 2links smoked sausage (sliced
- 1 tablespooncreole seasoning
- 1 teaspoondried thyme (dried
- 1 tablespoongarlic powder
- 1 tablespoononion powder
- 2 tablespoonsgarlic (fresh minced
- 4each bay leaves (whole
- 5 cupsseafood stock
- 5 cupschicken broth
- ½ cupfresh parsley (chopped
- ⅝ cupgreen onions (chopped
- 2 poundscrabs (whole
- 2 poundslarge shrimp
- 8 ouncesfresh lump crab meat
Directions
- 1
Add Oil to pan and turn on medium heat. Heat oil.
- 2
Add flour and continue to stir, watching close, until the mixture (Roux) has turned a dark chocolate color.F
- 3
Add Onions, Green Peppers and Celery and stir until translucent.
- 4
Add Sausage, mix together for 3 minutes.
- 5
Add Spices and stir together.
- 6
Slowly add stock, stirring all the time. Add Bay leaves and fresh Garlic.
- 7
Turn the heat down to a low roll and cover.
- 8
Allow to simmer like this for 90 Minutes.
- 9
While simmering organize rice and any other side dishes.
- 10
Add Crab, Shrimp, Crab Meat, Green Onion and Parsley and bring back to a boil. Cook on a slow roll for 15 minutes. Turn off heat.