Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

Name: Ultimate Seafood Gumbo
Total time: 14400 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ham hock; 2 quart water; 1/4 cup butter; 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen okra, chopped; 2 bell peppers, chopped; 2 large onions, chopped; 3 tbsp parsley flakes; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 6 cloves garlic, smashed, left whole; 1 big can whole tomatoes; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp salt, to taste; 1/2 tsp pepper, to taste; 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, to taste; 1/2 tsp ground mace; 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 1/2 tsp ground allspice; 1 tsp gumbo file; 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 2 lb peeled, raw shrimp; 1 lb crab meat; 13 1/2 oz andouille sausage; 2 cup cooked rice

tbone.steak81 @cook_3896789

The wife, who was pregnant at the time, had one of those random cravings. This time, it was for gumbo. I found a few different recipes. Added and subtracted from each of em to form this, my ultimate gumbo. The family loves it, and I'm sure you will too.

tbone.steak81 @cook_3896789

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Ingredients

240 mins

10 servings

1ham hock
2 quartwater
1/4 cupbutter
1 1/2 cupfresh or frozen okra, chopped
2bell peppers, chopped
2 largeonions, chopped
3 tbspparsley flakes
2 stalkscelery, chopped
6 clovesgarlic, smashed, left whole
1 big canwhole tomatoes
2bay leaves
1 tspsalt, to taste
1/2 tsppepper, to taste
1/2 tspcayenne pepper, to taste
1/2 tspground mace
1/2 tspground cloves
1/2 tspground allspice
1 tspgumbo file
2 tspWorcestershire sauce
2 lbpeeled, raw shrimp
1 lbcrab meat
13 1/2 ozandouille sausage
2 cupcooked rice

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Steps

240 mins

1

Place the ham hock and water in a stock pot and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the ham hock to cool, reserving the liquid.
2

In a large skillet, heat the butter over medium heat.
3

Cook the okra until the gooey strings no longer appear as you stir. Add the bell pepper, onion, parsley, celery, and garlic and cook for 30 minutes. Remove the garlic and discard. Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
4

Remove the meat from the ham hock and add it to the stock pot. Place the veggies and bay leaves in the pot and cook on medium-low to medium for 3hrs.
5

Add the seasonings and Worcestershire sauce and stir. Add the shrimp and sausage 30 minutes before serving. Add the crab meat 10 minutes before serving.
6

Taste. Add hot sauce if desired. Serve with rice. If u like it thicker, add a little corn starch to the to a scoop of the stock, mix it, and return to the pot.