Ultimate Seafood Gumbo
Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, ultimate seafood gumbo. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first 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:
  1. Make ready 1 ham hock
  2. Take 2 quart water
  3. Get 1/4 cup butter
  4. Take 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen okra, chopped
  5. Get 2 bell peppers, chopped
  6. Take 2 large onions, chopped
  7. Take 3 tbsp parsley flakes
  8. Make ready 2 stalks celery, chopped
  9. Take 6 cloves garlic, smashed, left whole
  10. Make ready 1 big can whole tomatoes
  11. Take 2 bay leaves
  12. Take 1 tsp salt, to taste
  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper, to taste
  14. Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, to taste
  15. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground mace
  16. Take 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  17. Take 1/2 tsp ground allspice
  18. Get 1 tsp gumbo file
  19. Take 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  20. Make ready 2 lb peeled, raw shrimp
  21. Get 1 lb crab meat
  22. Take 13 1/2 oz andouille sausage
  23. Get 2 cup cooked rice
Instructions to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:
  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.

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