Creole Gumbo

12 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 c. cooking oil
  • 1 c. sifted flour
  • 8 stalks celery, chopped
  • 3 large onions, chopped
  • 1 large green pepper, chopped
  • 2 cloves chopped garlic
  • 1/2 c. catsup
  • 2 Tbsp. salt
  • 4 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
  • 1 1/2 lb. raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 2 lb. crab meat
  • 1/4 c. file

Directions

  1. 1
    Pour cooking oil in to large frying pan over low heat and add sifted flour slowly.
  2. 2
    Stir constantly to brown evenly.
  3. 3
    It takes about an hour to make a roux correctly.
  4. 4
    Cook until roux become the color of coffee with cream and smells like browned flour.

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