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Shrimp and Okra Gumbo

Sue Lau
5 from 1 vote
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Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Main Dish, Soup, Stew
Cuisine American, Cajun, Southern
Servings 4
Calories 378 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound fresh okra pods trimmed and sliced
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup  chopped celery
  • 1 cup diced green  pepper
  • 2 fresh bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
  • 1 tablespoon Cajun spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • salt to taste; add the Cajun spice before you  taste
  • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
  • 2 tablespoons light roux (oil) (purchased or homemade)
  • 2 tablespoons light roux (browned flour)
  • 2 tablespoons  tomato paste
  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 pound small raw peeled and deveined shrimp
  • 2 teaspoons Louisiana hot sauce
  • 2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley
  • 2 scallions sliced
  • gumbo file optional garnish

Instructions
 

  • Saute okra in the oil in a large skillet until browned; stir in the onion, celery, green pepper, bay leaves, seasonings, garlic  and thyme and cook until vegetables soften,  adding the garlic the last minute so that it does not burn. Vegetables soften in maybe 5-10 minutes, if it is not obvious to you.
  • Place vegetable mixture in a heavy bottomed pot large enough to hold 2-1/2 quarts.
  • Whisk the roux into the vegetables. We are using light roux here, and  you may use homemade or use a purchased type, whichever you prefer. Generally,  roux is half flour, half oil, cooked and stirred over low heat until it is the color of peanut butter. The oil for the vegetables is not for the roux. Roux ingredients, such as oil and flour, are additional, and as I said, you can use purchased roux to skip that step.
  • When  roux is mixed into the vegetable, stir in the tomato paste and broth.
  • Bring  mixture to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer over low heat for about an hour.
  • Stir shrimp, hot sauce, parsley and scallions into gumbo and cook just until they brighten and begin to curl; do not overcook.
  • Serve gumbo with steamed white rice, garnished with extra parsley or scallion and gumbo file if desired.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Nutrition

Calories: 378kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 20gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 143mgSodium: 2225mgPotassium: 831mgFiber: 7gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 3319IUVitamin C: 69mgCalcium: 204mgIron: 3mg
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