Seafood And Sausage Gumbo

Ingredients

• 12 c vegetable oil
• 12 c flour
• 4 stalks celery chopped
• 2 onions chopped
• 2 green bell peppers chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp oregano
• 12 tsp cayenne pepper
• 40 oz clam juice
• 1 28 oz can plum tomatoes drained and chopped
• 1 lb kielbasa sliced in 14-inch rounds
• 12 lb fresh or frozen okra cut in 14-inch slices
• 2 lb medium-size shrimp peeled and deveined
• 4 c cooked rice

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat until almost smoking
2. Add flour and stir constantly until it is dark red-brown about 8 minutes
3. Immediately add celery onions and green pepper and cook for 5 minutes scraping the bottom of the pan often
4. Mix in salt oregano bay leaves and cayenne pepper Add clam juice and tomatoes boil for 15 minutes
5. Add okra reduce heat and simmer until okra is tender about 15 minutes Add shrimp and cook only until just cooked through
6. Mound 12 cup rice into bowl and ladle gumbo over
7. Serves 8