+God's Own Gumbo+

FRANK'S PLACE NEW ORLEANS GUMBO

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1 c Chopped onions

1 c Chopped celery

1 c Chopped green bell pepper

2 Cloves garlic, minced

1/4 c Butter or margarine

1/4 c Flour, all-purpose

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

1 ds Tabasco sauce

5 Bay leaves

1 cn Tomatoes, drained(16oz)

1 c Tomato juice

5 c Hot water

3 c Shrimp, shelled/deveined

6 Small hard-shell crabs

24 Shucked oysters

1 lb Okra, chopped

3 c Hot cooked rice

Chopped fresh parsley

1. In large Dutch oven, gently sauté onion, celery and bell pepper in butter; add garlic and continue to sauce 5 minutes.

2. Remove from heat and slowly stir in flour.

3. Add salt, pepper, Tabasco, bay leaves, tomatoes and tomato juice; simmer for 15 minutes.

4. Add the hot water, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and okra; cover and simmer 30 minutes.

5. Spoon a few tablespoons cooked rice in each of six large soup bowls; ladle gumbo onto rice and garnish with parsley.