Gumbo recipes anyone?

Alright, here is my Momma's Gumbo per her recipe

Ingredients:
2 medium onions, diced
12 pieces garlic, chopped
oil
butter
file (you can order it online)
flour
white rice
3 cans crab meat
3 cans clams
3 cans oysters
shrimp (as much as you want)
2 cans okra (or equivalent fresh - I had my family ship some cans over)
2 cans chopped tomatoes
1 can (equivalent) tomato pasada

The rue is the most important.

Saute 2 med onion, 12 pcs garlic in 1/4 cup oil and 1/4 cup butter.

Add flour to pan and brown.  (just sprinkle it in until it starts looking lumpy - amount is unknown because we've never measured).  Stir, stir, stir.  Brown to darkness desired.  If you burn it, start over.

Boil fresh shrimp in the shell. Retain stock for use in gumbo

Once rue is brown, add stock and then all other ingredients (rice is on the side).  Cook for about 30 minutes.  Serve over the rice and sprinkle the file on top.

This is enough to feed about 8-10 people. It makes a huge pot.  If you add the file to the individual bowls, you can freeze the rest without problem.

Good luck.  Enjoy.

~BEG

THANK YOU!