Creole Gumbo

-= Ingredients =-
3 tb Butter
1/2 c Chopped onion
1 Cut up tomatoes ; undrained
16 ounce
1/2 c Chopped green bell peppers
2 Bay leaves
1/4 ts Tabasco sauce
1/2 ts Salt
8 oz Crab meat
3 tb Flour
1 Clove minced garlic
1 ts Oregano
1 c Sliced okra
1 ts Thyme
1 1/2 c Water
1 lb Cooked ; cleaned shrimp
1 tb File powder


-= Instructions =-
Mix flour and butter and brown flour. Stir in the onion and garlic. Cook
until onion is tender, but not brown. Stir in tomatoes, oregano, green
pepper, okra, bay leaves, thyme and Tabasco sauce. Add water and salt.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered, for about 20 minutes.
Remove bay leaves. Stir in shrimp and crab meat and heat through. Remove
from heat. Blend moderate amount of hot gumbo into the file powder. Add to
gumbo. Serve over rice.


Source: alt.cooking-chien

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