Recipe: Tasty Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

Ultimate Seafood Gumbo.

You can have Ultimate Seafood Gumbo using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Ultimate Seafood Gumbo

1. You need 1 of ham hock.
2. It's 2 quart of water.
3. It's 1/4 cup of butter.
4. It's 1 1/2 cup of fresh or frozen okra, chopped.
5. You need 2 of bell peppers, chopped.
6. Prepare 2 large of onions, chopped.
7. You need 3 tbsp of parsley flakes.
8. You need 2 stalks of celery, chopped.
9. Prepare 6 cloves of garlic, smashed, left whole.
10. Prepare 1 big can of whole tomatoes.
11. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of salt, to taste.
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp of pepper, to taste.
14. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper, to taste.
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground mace.
16. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground cloves.
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground allspice.
18. Prepare 1 tsp of gumbo file.
19. It's 2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce.
20. You need 2 lb of peeled, raw shrimp.
21. You need 1 lb of crab meat.
22. It's 13 1/2 oz of andouille sausage.
23. You need 2 cup of cooked rice.

Ultimate Seafood Gumbo instructions

1. Place the ham hock and water in a stock pot and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the ham hock to cool, reserving the liquid..
2. In a large skillet, heat the butter over medium heat..
3. Cook the okra until the gooey strings no longer appear as you stir. Add the bell pepper, onion, parsley, celery, and garlic and cook for 30 minutes. Remove the garlic and discard. Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes..
4. Remove the meat from the ham hock and add it to the stock pot. Place the veggies and bay leaves in the pot and cook on medium-low to medium for 3hrs..
5. Add the seasonings and Worcestershire sauce and stir. Add the shrimp and sausage 30 minutes before serving. Add the crab meat 10 minutes before serving..
6. Taste. Add hot sauce if desired. Serve with rice. If u like it thicker, add a little corn starch to the to a scoop of the stock, mix it, and return to the pot..