Frank's Place New Orleans Gumbo

Yields:	6 servings
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	Preparation	10 minutes
	Cooking	30 minutes
	Ready In	40 minutes

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Ingredients

1	cup	onions	chopped
1	cup	celery	chopped
1	cup	green bell pepper	chopped
2	cloves	garlic	minced
1/4	cup	butter	or margarine
1/4	cup	flour, all-purpose	ll-purpose
1	x	salt	to taste
1	x	black pepper	to taste
1	dash	red hot pepper sauce (eg. Tabasco)
5	each	bay leaves
1	can	tomatoes	drained
1	cup	tomato juice
5	cups	water	hot
3 c Shrimp,shelled/		shrimp	shelled, deveined
6	small	crab, hard shell	hard-shell
24	each	oysters	shucked
1	pound	okra	chopped
3	cups	rice	cooked, hot
1	x	parsley leaves	fresh, chopped

Directions

1. In large Dutch oven, gently sauté onion, celery and bell pepper 2. Remove from heat and slowly stir in flour.

3. Add salt, pepper, Tabasco, bay leaves, tomatoes and tomato 4. Add the hot water, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and okra; cover and simmed 30 minutes.

5. Spoon a few tablespoons cooked rice in each of six large soup bowls; ladle gumbo onto rice and garnish with parsley.

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I loved this stroganoff dish. It had just the right balance of flavors. I used 1 1/2lbs ground sirloin instead of the meat called for. It came out great!!!

Reviewed by ronsboo