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Recipe: Bill Martin's Seafood Gumbo

Main Dishes - Fish, Shellfish
BILL MARTIN'S SEAFOOD GUMBO
Source: Texas Monthly
From: Molly

Bill Martin was the founder/owner of Zuider Zee in FW.

12 cleaned fresh crabs, broken into 4 parts each,with claws cracked (for lack of fresh crab, 1.5 lbs chicken or fish may be substituted)
2 lbs cleaned and peeled raw shrimp (if only shrimp are used, use 5 lbs)
1 pint raw oysters, drained (optional)
1 (16 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes
1 cup thinly sliced okra (optional)
5 slices real pork bacon
1 large onion, chopped
6 peppercorns
1/4 teaspoon Zatarain's crab boil
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1 1/2 cups flour
3 cloves fresh garlic

In a large pot, put 2 cups water, salt[to taste] add crab boil, thyme and peppercorns. Bring to a roiling boil; add crabs and boil for approximately 20 minutes.

Add tomatoes and okra, and simmer slowly.

While this simmers, make the roux. Slice the bacon strips into small pieces and fry. Remove.

Saute the chopped onion and garlic in the bacon grease. Remove.

To bacon drippings, add enough flour to make a thin gravy. Use very low flame, stir continuously, taking care to make it dark brown without burning it.

Add bacon and onion and garlic bits back to mixture and heat.

Add roux to simmering seafood pot. Stir very well. Add shrimp and simmer approximately 30 minutes.

Add oysters and simmer only until edges of oysters curl. It is done, serve over a bed of rice.
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