FRANK'S PLACE NEW ORLEANS GUMBO

      Title: FRANK'S PLACE NEW ORLEANS GUMBO
  Categories: Cajun, Soups
       Yield: 6 Servings
  
       1 c  Chopped onions
       1 c  Chopped celery
       1 c  Chopped green bell pepper
       2    Cloves garlic,minced
     1/4 c  Butter or margarine
     1/4 c  Flour,all-purpose
            Salt to taste
            Pepper to taste
       1 ds Tabasco sauce
       5    Bay leaves
       1 cn Tomatoes,drained(16oz)
       1 c  Tomato juice
       5 c  Hot water
       3 c  Shrimp,shelled/deveined
       6    Small hard-shell crabs
      24    Shucked oysters
       1 lb Okra,chopped
       3 c  Hot cooked rice
            Chopped fresh parsley
  
   1. In large Dutch oven, gently saute onion, celery and bell pepper in
   butter; add garlic and continue to sauce 5 minutes.
   
   2. Remove from heat and slowly stir in flour.
   
   3. Add salt, pepper, Tabasco, bay leaves, tomatoes and tomato juice;
   simmer for 15 minutes.
   
   4. Add the hot water, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and okra; cover and
   simmer 30 minutes.
   
   5. Spoon a few tablespoons cooked rice in each of six large soup
   bowls; ladle gumbo onto rice and garnish with parsley. From: Michael
   Orchekowski Date: 25 Mar 94
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