Quick Seafood Gumbo

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 250.5
  • Total Fat: 6.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 209.5 mg
  • Sodium: 539.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 17.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.7 g
  • Protein: 32.6 g

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Introduction

My friend Claudia taught me how to make this super quick, fool-proof gumbo My friend Claudia taught me how to make this super quick, fool-proof gumbo
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    Butter, 1 tablespoon

    Okra, 2 cup slices fresh or frozen

    Onions, 1 medium diced

    Stewed Tomatoes, 2 cans

    Blue Crab, 1 cup, flaked and pieces, fresh!

    Shrimp, raw, 16 oz

    Thyme, fresh, 4 tsp

    Paprika, 2 tsp

    Pepper, red or cayenne, 1 tsp

    Pepper, black, 1 tsp

    Bay leaf

    Garlic powder, 1 tbsp

Tips

Adding the onions AFTER the okra helps eliminate the "slime" from the okra.


Directions

1. Add butter to hot pan. Add okra and cook for about 5 minutes. Stir.
2. Add onion on top of okra and allow to cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Stir and continue cooking onion and okra until the "slime" is gone.
4. Add stewed tomatoes and seasonings. Allow to simmer.
5. Finally, add crab and shrimp. Cook just until the shrimp turns pink.
6. Serve over rice.

Serving Size: Makes four servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KRISTINBYRD04.

TAGS:  Fish | Dinner | Fish Dinner |