Seafood Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 qt. water
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 lemon, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/2 box crab boil
dash of Louisiana hot sauce
2 lb. washed clean, deveined shrimp tails
1/2 c. chopped onions
1/4 c. bell pepper
1/4 c. celery
1 Tbsp. minced parsley
salt to taste
hot sauce to taste
2 small cans tomato sauce
1 can crab meat or lobster
1/2 pt. oysters

Preparation

Boil 2 quarts water to which has been added the next 6 ingredients.
Add shrimp tails; cook on medium heat until shrimp turn pink.
Remove shrimp; save stock.
Make a dark roux of next 4 ingredients.
Keep roux soft; add shrimp stock, salt, hot sauce and tomato sauce.
Simmer until tomato color is dark.
Add shrimp and crab meat or lobster with oysters.
Serve over hot rice.