Southern Comfort: Homemade Seafood Gumbo Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 lb crab meat
• 1 lb okra, sliced
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 4 cups seafood or chicken broth
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp paprika
• Salt
• pepper
• Hot sauce, to taste
• Cooked rice, for serving