Seafood Gumbo Recipe

Ingredients For Seafood Gumbo Recipe

• 1 Onion, quartered
• 1 Head of garlic, halved
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon Whole black peppercorns
• 2 gallon Water
• 6 Live blue crabs
• 1 cup Canola oil
• 0.5 cup All purpose flour
• 0.75 pound Andouille sausage, finely chopped
• 1 Large onion, finely chopped
• 2 Celery ribs, finely chopped
• 1 Red Bell Pepper, Finely Chopped
• 1 Green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 0.5 cup Finely chopped garlic
• 0.5 pound Okra, thickly sliced
• 1 pound Tomatoes, finely chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon File powder
• 0.1200000000000001 teaspoon Creole seasoning, such as zatarains
• 2 sprig Thyme
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon Kosher salt
• 1 pound Jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
• 1 pound Large shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 2 Dozen freshly shucked oysters
• 2 tablespoon Hot sauce, such as crystal or tabasco, plus more for serving