Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 ga Boiling water
1/2 pt Cold roux
1 pt Onions -- chopped
1/2 pt Celery -- chopped
1/2 pt Parsley -- chopped
1/2 pt Bell pepper -- chopped
1 1/2 lb Smoked sausage -- ground or
Sliced
4 lb Shrimp -- peeled
1 lb Crabmeat
1 pt Oysters
2 pt Oyster water
Salt and pepper to taste
Cayenne pepper to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste
File to taste
3 c Rice -- cooked

If roux is hot, dissolve in cold water. Boil for approximately 1/2
hour and then add onions, celery, parsley and bell pepper and boil
for an additional 1/2 hour. Add sausage, shrimp, crabmeat, oysters
and oyster water. Add seasonings. Boil for an additional hour at a
low boil, turn off heat and let stand for approximately 5 minutes.
Skim excess fat and add file, if desired, and serve over cooked rice.
Makes 2 gallons. Festival: Bridge City Gumbo Festival; October 13-15,
1995 Recipe: John Noel

Recipe By : New Orleans Recipes

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