Seafood Gumbo: 2000s Recipes + Menus : gourmet.com

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb bacon, chopped
• About 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 1/2 qt fish or chicken stock (or a combination)
• 1 (14-oz) can whole tomatoes in juice, drained and chopped
• 1 lb frozen cut okra (not thawed)
• 1 teaspoon chopped thyme
• 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
• 1 rounded teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1/2 cup chopped scallions
• 1 1/2 lb medium shrimp in shell, peeled and deveined
• 2 dozen shucked oysters with their liquor, oysters picked over for shell fragments
• 1/2 lb lump crabmeat, picked over