Creole Gumbo

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup

onion, chopped

1 clove

garlic, minced

3 Ts

butter

3 Ts

flour

16 ozs

canned tomatoes, diced

1 1/2 cups

water

1/2 cup

green pepper, chopped

bay leaves

1 t

oregano, dried and crushed

1 t

thyme, dried

1/2 t

salt

1/2 t

hot pepper sauce

10 ozs

okra, fresh or frozen and cut up

chicken, cooked and cut up

NOTES

The original recipe calls for shrimp and crab instead of chicken. The instructions for the seafood are as follows: After adding and cooking the okra add two 4 1/2 oz cans of shrimp, drained. Stir in 7 oz can of crab meat (drained, flaked, and cartilage removed) into okra mixture.

Annie Kartchner • 2019-01-30