Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo

SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! ;)

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  cup rice
• 1  teaspoon butter
• 1⁄4 lb turkey sausage, cut lengthwise and thinly sliced
• 2  cloves garlic, minced
• 1  red bell pepper, chopped
• 8  ounces fresh okra or 8  ounces frozen okra, sliced
• 2 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 1  dried cayenne pepper, minced
• 1⁄2 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

Directions

1. Cook rice according to package directions omitting salt.
2. Melt butter in 4 quart pot over medium high heat.
3. Add sausage; saute until it's browned, about 5 minutes.
4. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
5. Stir in bell pepper,okra,tomatoes,cayenne and shrimp.
6. Cover pot, and bring gumbo to a boil.
7. Reduce heat, and simmer gumbo until shrimp is pink and cooked through, about 10 minutes.
8. Serve over rice.
9. Let frozen okra thaw, pieces seperated, for about 5 to 10 minutes before slicing it.