Gumbo

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 onions
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes
• okra, chopped (optional)
• 8 cups water
• garlic powder
• salt
• pepper
• red peppers or hot sauce
• shrimp (any three) or smoked sausage (any three) or crabmeat (any three) or chicken (any three) or ham (any three)
• old bay seasoning
• file powder
• rice

Recipe

• 1 put 2 tbs of oil and 2 tbs of flour and mix them on medium heat; set them aside when they are caramel brown.
• 2 chop 2 onions.
• 3 cook onions and okra if desired in 2 tbs oil.
• 4 add tomatoes.
• 5 add 8 cups water.
• 6 add dash of garlic powder, salt, red pepper and or hot sauce.
• 7 add meat.
• 8 add oil and flour mixture.
• 9 simmer for 30 minutes.
• 10 make rice.
• 11 add bay seasoning and file.
• 12 put rice in bowl, put some gumbo in it and stir.