Meal Type: Dinner

Prep Time: 30 min.

Cooking Time: 45 min.

Cook Method: Stove

Difficulty: Easy

Cuisine: Cajun & Creole

     Serving Size: 20 5 10 20 40 80 - Change

A quick-to-fix soup with all the spark of the New Orleans classic. Serve over rice for a fast, Cajun-inspired meal.

1. Combine onions, peppers, tomatoes, and tomato puree in a heavy 8 quart pot or Dutch oven.

2. Cook on medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Add thyme, garlic, bay leaves, salt, and pepper, blend well, and simmer for 10 minutes.

4. Add okra.

5. When okra is bright in color and is cooked but still crisp, add stock.

6. Bring to a rapid, rolling boil, then lower heat.

7. Add shrimp, oysters, and crab meat and simmer for 15 minutes longer.

8. Combine file powder with 1 cup of the soup.

9. Remove gumbo from heat and stir in the file-soup mixture.

10. Correct seasoning to taste.

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Dietary Notes:

This Seafood Gumbo recipe is high in Vitamin A with 73% of your daily recommended intake per serving. This Seafood Gumbo recipe is high in Vitamin C with 40% of your daily recommended intake per serving.

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