Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, ultimate seafood gumbo. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have ultimate seafood gumbo using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:

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

Instructions to make Ultimate Seafood Gumbo:

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.

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