Brother Stan'S Crawfish Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. diced okra
1/2 c. cooking oil
1 stick margarine
4 Tbsp. flour
1 bell pepper, diced
2 onions, chopped
1/2 c. diced green onion tops
2 tsp. liquid crab boil
3 tsp. garlic powder
5 tsp. salt
4 dashes Tabasco sauce
3 lb. crawfish tails
1 chicken
1 c. oysters
2 tsp. gumbo file

Preparation

Fry okra 15 minutes in cooking oil.
Use large aluminum pot. Dump into bowl and use pot for next step.
Melt margarine; add flour to make light brown roux.
Add bell pepper and white and green onions; stir together.
Combine cooked okra; cook for 5 minutes.
Add 2 quarts water and bring to a boil.
Add crab boil, garlic, salt and chicken.
Cook one hour.
Put in crawfish tails and oysters.
Let simmer 15 minutes.
Add gumbo file; stir and serve over rice in a large bowl.