Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, ultimate seafood gumbo. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ultimate seafood gumbo using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:
- Make ready 1 ham hock
- Take 2 quart water
- Get 1/4 cup butter
- Take 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen okra, chopped
- Get 2 bell peppers, chopped
- Prepare 2 large onions, chopped
- Get 3 tbsp parsley flakes
- Make ready 2 stalks celery, chopped
- Prepare 6 cloves garlic, smashed, left whole
- Make ready 1 big can whole tomatoes
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1 tsp salt, to taste
- Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper, to taste
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, to taste
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground mace
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- Take 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- Make ready 1 tsp gumbo file
- Prepare 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Prepare 2 lb peeled, raw shrimp
- Take 1 lb crab meat
- Get 13 1/2 oz andouille sausage
- Get 2 cup cooked rice
Steps to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:
- Place the ham hock and water in a stock pot and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the ham hock to cool, reserving the liquid.
- In a large skillet, heat the butter over medium heat.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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