Greenbow County Okra Gumbo | Recipe Finder

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh okra -- sliced
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs. butter melted -- melted and divided
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 bunch green onions -- sliced
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 2 garlic cloves -- minced
• 2 quarts water
• 1 can whole tomatoes -- undrained and chopped -- (16-oz.)
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 pound unpeeled medium-size fresh -- shrimp
• 1/2 pound fresh crabmeat -- drained and flaked hot cooked rice gumbo file' --