Nana's Chicken Seafood Gumbo Courtesy the Neelys

Luvs 2 Cook's Note:

Show: Down Home with the NeelysEpisode: Pass It On I saw this today and it looked YUMMY! I plan to try it this week. I think I'll add more garlic and a few re pepper flakes. I also don't see why frozen cut okra or canned fire roasted tomatoes can't be used. I will also use low sodium chicken stock to cut the sodium.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 celery , chopped
• 1 yellow onion , chopped
• 1 green bell pepper , chopped
• 2 garlic cloves
• 8 cups chicken stock
• ¼ cup ketchup
• 2 large tomatoes , diced
• 1 lb sliced okra
• 1 cup chopped cooked chicken
• 1 lb lump crabmeat
• 1 lb large shrimp
• ½ lemon , juiced
• 1 dash hot sauce (recommended ( Tabasco)
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce

Directions:

1. In a heavy Dutch oven, heat oil. Add the flour and stir and cook until the mixture darkens to a brown color, about the shade of peanut butter.
2. Add the celery, onion, green bell pepper and garlic and saute until tender.
3. Whisk in chicken stock, add the ketchup, chopped tomato, and okra.
4. Let simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
5. About 10 minutes before serving time add cooked chicken, crabmeat and shrimp and simmer.
6. Add lemon juice, hot sauce and Worcestershire.
7. Serve over rice.

Reviews

[nicdel85]

This recipe is like a foundation upon which you can build. Now when I made it the gumbo was flavorful, but lacked a certain umph! Sometimes when you get a recipe its not the full recipe (can't give away all of your family secrets), so you have to adapt it to suit your tastes. I added extra seasoning: 1/4 tsp of Cayenne pepper 1 Bay Leaf 1/2 Tsp of Thyme 2 celery stalks instead of one I fried the Okra aka Gumbo (cuts down on the slime) 2 tsps of Creole Seasoning or Seasoned Salt