Seafood Gumbo From the New Basic's Cookbook

• 8 ounces sausage, cajun-style or kielbasa, cut in 1 inch slices
• 13 cup olive oil
• 1 pound okra stems removed, (frozen and thawed okay)
• 2 cups onions diced
• 1 cup sweet red bell peppers
• 4 Cloves garlic minced
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 3 cups italian plum (roma) tomatoes whole, canned, drained, slightly crushed
• 1 teaspoon cumin ground
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
• 1 each bay leaves
• 1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined
• 12 ounces sea scallops
• 12 ounces lobster meat cooked
• 8 ounces crab meat
• 2 tablespoons parsley leaves fresh, chopped

1. In large dutch oven, saute sausage until brown (approx.
2. 15 minutes).
3. Remove from pot and set aside.
4. Add 1/2 of oil to pot.
5. Add okra and cook over medium heat until slightly soft (approx.
6. 15 minutes).
7. Add remaining oil and onions, bell peppers, and garlic.
8. Stir and cook 10 minutes.
9. Add chicken stock, tomatoes, cumin, cayenne, salt & pepper, and bay leaf.
10. Simmer 30 minutes.
11. Add cooked sausage, shrimp, and scallops.
12. Simmer 5 minutes.
13. Add lobster, crabmeat, and parsley, adjust seasonings, and heat through (2-3 min.)

sausage, olive oil, onions, sweet red bell peppers, garlic, chicken broth, italian plum, cumin ground, cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper, bay leaves, shrimp, scallops, lobster, crab meat, parsley

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/seafood-gumbo-from-the-new-basi-36602 (may not work)