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Spicy Shrimp Gumbo is for Soup.

Spicy Shrimp Gumbo takes several minutes to prepare.

Spicy Shrimp Gumbo takes several minutes to cook.

Spicy Shrimp Gumbo makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Spicy Shrimp Gumbo are:

1/4 cup Butter
1/2 lb okra
1 large onion, chopped
1 1/2 large stalks celery, sliced
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp flour
1 can whole oysters, diced
2 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 large tomatoes
2-3 bay leaves
6 sprigs fresh parsley
1 tsp thyme
salt & pepper
Tabasco Sauce
water
3/4 lb shrimp, shelled & deveined
cooked rice

Here is how you make Spicy Shrimp Gumbo:

Melt butter in a large pan and add okra, onion, celery, green pepper, and garlic.Cook until the okra ceases to rope, about 15 mins. (stops oozing stringy stuff)Add flour & cook for 2-3 minutes.Add the liquid from the oysters, chicken broth, tomatoes, parsley, bay leaves, thyme, salt, pepper, and Tabasco sauce.Simmer for 1hr, adding more water if necessary.[[if you're using ham.. add it after this hour... and simmer 20 more minutes]]Add shrimp & oysters and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Remove bay leaves.Serve atop a bed of rice.Makes 6 generous servings.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TINCHERMR.

The nutritional information for Spicy Shrimp Gumbo is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 208.3

• Total Fat: 10.4 g
• Cholesterol: 127.2 mg
• Sodium: 535.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 9.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
• Protein: 19.2 g