Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ultimate seafood gumbo. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ultimate Seafood Gumbo is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Ultimate Seafood Gumbo is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first 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:
- Get 1 ham hock
- Make ready 2 quart water
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen okra, chopped
- Prepare 2 bell peppers, chopped
- Take 2 large onions, chopped
- Make ready 3 tbsp parsley flakes
- Prepare 2 stalks celery, chopped
- Make ready 6 cloves garlic, smashed, left whole
- Prepare 1 big can whole tomatoes
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Get 1 tsp salt, to taste
- Get 1/2 tsp pepper, to taste
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, to taste
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground mace
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- Take 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- Take 1 tsp gumbo file
- Make ready 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Prepare 2 lb peeled, raw shrimp
- Make ready 1 lb crab meat
- Make ready 13 1/2 oz andouille sausage
- Get 2 cup cooked rice
Instructions 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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