Creole Seafood Gumbo From Tony Burke

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

1/4 c  Butter or margarine
2 tb Flour,all-purpose
2 c  Liquid(water/seafood juice)
2 c  Cut okra
2 c  Peeled,cubed tomatoes
1    Large onion,chopped
1    Small green bell pepper,chop
1 ts Tabasco sauce
1/8 ts Thyme
1    Bay leave
2 c  Shrimp,crabmeat,oyster combo
3 c  Hot cooked rice

1. Melt butter in large saucepan; blend in flour and cook over low
heat, stirring constantly, until dark brown.

2. Add liquid, okra, tomatoes, onion, pepper, Tabasco, thyme and bay
leaf; bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring
frequently.

3. Add seafood and cook, covered, 10 to 15 minutes longer.

4. Remove bay leaf and serve in soup bowls with mound of hot rice in
center.