How to Prepare Tasty Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

Ultimate Seafood Gumbo. Gumbo filled with shrimp, crab, chicken, sausage, vegetables, and Cajun spices. I've also included crab and/or scallops in this recipe. Serve over rice, accompanied with garlic bread.

I made a few changes and added my own touches. It does take a long time, but it produces the richest flavor possible! Gumbo is one dish that makes Louisiana cuisine so famous. You can have Ultimate Seafood Gumbo using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

1. Prepare of ham hock.
2. You need of water.
3. It's of butter.
4. Prepare of fresh or frozen okra, chopped.
5. It's of bell peppers, chopped.
6. Prepare of onions, chopped.
7. It's of parsley flakes.
8. You need of celery, chopped.
9. You need of garlic, smashed, left whole.
10. Prepare of whole tomatoes.
11. It's of bay leaves.
12. It's of salt, to taste.
13. It's of pepper, to taste.
14. Prepare of cayenne pepper, to taste.
15. It's of ground mace.
16. It's of ground cloves.
17. It's of ground allspice.
18. It's of gumbo file.
19. Prepare of Worcestershire sauce.
20. It's of peeled, raw shrimp.
21. It's of crab meat.
22. You need of andouille sausage.
23. You need of cooked rice.

We live across the state line in Texas and can't seem to get enough of this traditional gumbo recipe that features okra, shrimp, spicy seasonings and what is called the holy trinity—onions, green peppers and celery. This recipe calls for seafood, but you could also use chicken, duck or sausage. This was absolutely the best seafood gumbo I've ever had. Note: Just added a touch of lemon to the shrimp once served and used fresh scallops instead of the crab meat.

Ultimate Seafood Gumbo instructions

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..

This looks absolutely stunning and authentic! This is a real SEAFOOD gumbo. This is the best gumbo I've ever had. The crab boil is the key ingredient - do not omit it. The smell will drive you nuts!!!