Ingredients
- • Serves/Makes:8
- • Ingredients
- • 2 lbs (.9 kg) catfish fillet cut into nuggets
- • 1/2 lb (.2 kg) sliced smoked sausage cajun spiced
- • 1/4 lb (.1 kg) peeled raw shrimp
- • 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) imitation crabmeat lump style
- • 3 bell peppers chopped (red,yellow,green)
- • 1 med tomato cut in wedges
- • 1 cup (225 ml) whole frozen baby okra
- • 32 oz (896 grm) beer
- • 2 beef boullion cubes
- • 2 chicken boullion cubes
- • water
- • 2 tbsp (30 ml) Old Bay seasoning more to taste
- • 1/2 tsp (2 ml) ground cumin
- • 3 smashed garlic cloves
- • 1/3 cup (80 ml) mahogany roux (flour browned in butter or oil)
- • 1/2 tsp (2 ml) ground cayenne red pepper
- • 1/4 cup (60 ml) uncooked rice
- • 4 Tbs (60 ml) file powder (ground sasafrass leaves)
- • 1/2 stick butter or margarine
- • 1/2 tsp (2 ml) sugar
- • 1 tbsp (15 ml) Sambal Olek (serrano chili paste)optional
Instructions
- In large soup pot add beer, spices (except file powder), garlic, boullion cubes, bell peppers, tomato.
- Simmer covered 20 min till skins come off peppers and tomato.
- Add water as necessary from here on out.
- Add roux and thicken slightly.
- Add sausage and rice.
- Add catfish nuggets and okra.
- Add shrimp and crab meat.
- Stir gently and simmer with lid on till rice is done.
- When rice is done stir in butter, sugar, sambal, and file.
- Comments
- Serve with wine and french bread.
