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“Gaido’s” galveston Gumbo

(120 year old recipe)

Ingredients

4 tbsp butter 1/2 cup flour
1 large chopped onion 1 chopped bell pepper
2 stalks chopped celery 11/2 cups okra
7 cups chicken broth ½ tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp pepper hot sauce
Worcestershire sauce 1 bag crab boil
1 tbsp salt 1 lb boiled shrimp or chicken
Rice 1 lb chopped Andouille

Lagniappe

Make a copper color roux with the flour and butter.

Sweat the onions in a large sauce pan till they have caramelized,

Add the peppers and celery and cook for another 5 minutes.

Add the mixture to the roux and cook another 5 minutes.

Add the Okra and ½ the chicken stock, bring to a simmer and cook till the
okra falls apart.

Add the tomato paste, pepper, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a
boil and simmer for 30 minutes.

While the pot is boiling, simmer the crab boil in the remaining ½ of the broth
for 3 minutes and discard the bag.

Add the mixture to the boiling pot along with the shrimps, chicken and
andouille

Serve with rice and some garlic French bread

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