Mama's Seafood Gumbo Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 onion
• 1 green bell pepper
• 4 cups water or shrimp stock (see below)
• 2 6-ounce cans tomato paste
• 2 pounds large shrimp (21/25 count)
• 1 pound jumbo lump or lump crabmeat
• hot sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon filé powder (optional)