Mama's Seafood Gumbo | Louisiana Kitchen & Culture

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup canola oil
• 3⁄4 cup flour
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 6 blue crabs, quartered
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 quarts Shrimp or Shellfish Stock (Store bought is fine substitute)
• 2 cups sliced okra
• 1 tablespoon fresh or dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 pound smoked sausage, sliced 1⁄2 inch thick
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons from My Creole Spice Jar (recipe follows)
• Salt and pepper
• Tabasco
• 1 pound medium wild American shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 pint shucked oysters and their liquor
• 1 cup crabmeat
• 6 cups white rice