Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ultimate seafood gumbo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook ultimate seafood gumbo using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:
- Prepare 1 ham hock
- Get 2 quart water
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Get 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen okra, chopped
- Get 2 bell peppers, chopped
- Get 2 large onions, chopped
- Prepare 3 tbsp parsley flakes
- Get 2 stalks celery, chopped
- Take 6 cloves garlic, smashed, left whole
- Take 1 big can whole tomatoes
- Get 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1 tsp salt, to taste
- Make ready 1/2 tsp pepper, to taste
- Take 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, to taste
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground mace
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- Get 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- Take 1 tsp gumbo file
- Make ready 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Prepare 2 lb peeled, raw shrimp
- Take 1 lb crab meat
- Take 13 1/2 oz andouille sausage
- Make ready 2 cup cooked rice
Steps to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:
- Place the ham hock and water in a stock pot and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the ham hock to cool, reserving the liquid.
- In a large skillet, heat the butter over medium heat.
- Cook the okra until the gooey strings no longer appear as you stir. Add the bell pepper, onion, parsley, celery, and garlic and cook for 30 minutes. Remove the garlic and discard. Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
- Remove the meat from the ham hock and add it to the stock pot. Place the veggies and bay leaves in the pot and cook on medium-low to medium for 3hrs.
- Add the seasonings and Worcestershire sauce and stir. Add the shrimp and sausage 30 minutes before serving. Add the crab meat 10 minutes before serving.
- Taste. Add hot sauce if desired. Serve with rice. If u like it thicker, add a little corn starch to the to a scoop of the stock, mix it, and return to the pot.
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