Shrimp and Crab Gumbo

• 1/2 cups Canola Oil
• 1/2 cups Flour
• 1 whole Green Bell Pepper
• 1 whole Onion
• 1 bunch Green Onions
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 Tablespoon Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
• 1 Tablespoon Your Favorite Cajun Spice (real Or Fake)
• 2 quarts Water
• 1 pound Fresh Peeled Shrimp
• 1 pound Crab Meat (I Buy Tubs Of Claw, But Any Is Fine)
• 8 cups Rice, Cooked (give Or Take)

1. 1) Dice up your veggies nice and fine.
2. Mince the cloves of garlic.
3. 2) In a large pot, heat up oil over low-medium heat.
4. Add flour.
5. Immediately attack with a whisk until combined.
6. Raise heat slightly and begin whisking constantly.
7. Youre make a roux and we want a nice dark Cajun one.
8. Dark is one step below burnt so be careful.
9. Play around with the heat if you need to, but do not go above medium.
10. After 20-30 minutes, you should have a smelly goopy substance that has about the same color as a brown paper bag.
11. 3) Toss in your veggies.
12. Stir and saute until soft 5-10 minutes maybe.
13. 4) Toss in your spices.
14. Stir to combine.
15. Ive kept the spices very generic because everyone seems to like different amounts.
16. Keep your stock of them close by to season to your personal tastes.
17. 5) Pour in water.
18. You can also use stock, if you prefer, but Ive never noticed a big difference by the time the gumbo is finished.
19. The roux will flavor (and overpower) the mild tastes of the stock.
20. 6) Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
21. Simmer for 2-3 hours or until the liquid is reduced and colored the same as the roux and no longer tastes like veggie-water.
22. Note: Right now, it all tastes like veggie-water.
23. Do not panic.
24. The flavors havent had enough time to do anything yet.
25. Just keep tasting and eventually you will start enjoying it.
26. Thats when you know youre about done.
27. 7) At 10-15 minutes before you want to serve, toss in your shrimp and crab.
28. Make sure you remove the tails from the shrimp (if they have them).
29. I also like to chop my shrimp in half for easier eating.
30. When done, the shrimp will be nice and pink.
31. 8) Serve.
32. Note, that a proper gumbo is not served over rice like an Italian dish over noodles.
33. A good gumbo bowl is shallow and wide, with a tiny bed of rice at the bottom and a big ladle of the good stuff over it it should really look like soup.
34. Per Cajun traditions, anyone who finds a hard inedible object in their bowl (shrimp shell, crab shell, small plastic baby) wins and gets to make the next batch.

canola oil, flour, green bell pepper, onion, green onions, garlic, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, favorite cajun spice, water, shrimp, is, rice

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/shrimp-and-crab-gumbo/ (may not work)