Mussel, Shrimp & okra Gumbo

Ingredients: 

1 sack of cleaned mussels

2 lbs peeled and deveined shrimp

.5 lv lump crab meat

1 lb okra sliced into 1/4 inch rounds

2 sticks butter

2 cups white wine

4 roma tomatoes cut in half, lengthwhuse

2 cups small diced onions

1  cup small iced green bell pepper

1 cup small diced celery

4 tb spicy slap ya mama (red label)

2 bay leaves

1 capful of crab boil

1 packed dried shrimp powder

3 qts shrimp stock

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Instructions

Preheat Oven to 375F

Place a large gumbo pot over a medium high fire.

Add in one stick of butter. Then add all of the cleaned mussels.

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Add in 2 cups of white wine and then cover with a lid to allow mussels to steam. 

Once mussels open, remove mussels from heat and pot and strain using a fine mesh strainer into a container that can hold the liquid.

Take roma tomatoes and p lace on sheet pan with olive oil and roast at 375F for about 10 minutes. Remove tomatoes from oven and blend into a roasted tomato puree. 

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In the same pot the mussels were cooked in, place back over medium high heat. Add in butter and all of your trinity vegetables. Begin to sauté until translucent. 

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Add in 3 tb of Slap Ya Mama seasoning and a bay leaf.

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Add in okra and sautéed vegetables to the seasoning and so that some of the okra slime begins to be released, this will act as a thickener in the gumbo itself.

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Add in roasted tomato puree, then add crab boil and dried shrimp powder.

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Add in 3 qts of shrimp stock and strained mussel liquor.

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bring hte bot a simmer and cook for about 45 minutes.

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Season you raw shrimp and crab with 1 tb of Slap Ya Mama.

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Add in shrimp and crab to the gumbo post and let gook for 5 minutes more.

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Add in the opened mussels and stir. Cook for another 5 minutes.

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Serve over white rice.