Creole Seafood Gumbo

• 1/4 cup Butter
• margarine
• 2 tbsp. Flour,all-purpose
• 2 cups Liquid(water/seafood juice)
• 2 cups Cut okra
• 2 cups Peeled,cubed tomatoes
• 1 lg. onion,chopped
• 1 sm. green bell pepper,chop
• 1 tsp. Tabasco sauce
• 1/8 tsp. Thyme
• 1 Bay leave
• 2 cups Shrimp,crabmeat,oyster combo
• 3 cups Hot cooked rice

1. 1.
2. Melt butter in large saucepan; blend in flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until dark brown.
3. 2.
4. Add liquid, okra, tomatoes, onion, pepper, Tabasco, thyme and bay leaf; bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
5. 3.
6. Add seafood and cook, covered, 10 to 15 minutes longer.
7. 4.
8. Remove bay leaf and serve in soup bowls with mound of hot rice in center.

butter, margarine, flour, liquidwater, okra, tomatoes, onion, green bell pepper, tabasco sauce, thyme, leave, shrimp, rice

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/15978 (may not work)