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Slow Cooker Seafood Gumbo (3 of 6)

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Slow Cooker Seafood Gumbo(3 of 6)

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Do you like gumbo, but you hate the number of steps it takes to prepare it?

The good news is that you can prepare this slow cooker seafood gumbo in just a few steps.

Ingredients

  1. 1/2 pound of bacon (diced)
  2. 1 1/2 cups of celery (sliced)
  3. 1 cup of onion (sliced)
  4. 1 1/2 cups of green pepper (chopped)
  5. 2 cloves of garlic (minced)
  6. 2 cups of chicken broth
  7. 14 oz. can of tomatoes (diced)
  8. 2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
  9. 2 tsp of salt (kosher)
  10. 1 tsp of thyme leaves (dried)
  11. 1 pound of raw shrimp (cleaned and deveined)
  12. 1 pound of crabmeat (frozen)
  13. 10 oz. of okra (frozen, thawed, and cut diagonally into 1/2-inch pieces)

Preparation

  1. Crisp the bacon in skillet over medium heat.
  2. Use a slotted spoon to place the bacon in a slow cooker.
  3. Reserve a small amount of bacon fat and throw away the rest.
  4. Put onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic into the skillet, cooking them over medium heat and stirring often, for 10 minutes.
  5. Add the vegetables, tomatoes with liquid, broth, salt, Worcestershire sauce, and thyme into the slow cooker, cover, and cook on low heat for 4 hours.
  6. Add the crabmeat, shrimp, and okra into the slow cooker and cook on low heat for an hour.
  7. Serve.

2 Comments

  1. Bob Bell

    I’m assuming you add the haddock in step 1. Also, how much of the 41-50 per pound shrimp? No amount is specified unless you mean 41 count of 50 per pound shrimp, which I doubt.

  2. John

    I think they mean 1 pound of shrimp, 41-50 count