Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. oil
1 c. flour
1 stick margarine
1 c. chopped onions
1/2 c. chopped bell pepper
1/2 c. chopped celery
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 c. chopped okra, cooked
3 qt. water
1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes with chilies
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire
salt and pepper to taste
1 lb. Italian sausage
2 lb. shrimp
1/2 lb. fish fillets
1 pt. oysters
cut up cooked chicken
cooked rice

Preparation

Make roux in microwave:
Mix oil and flour and cook 2 minutes. Stir.
Continue cooking 2 minutes and stir until it is the color of a copper penny.
Do not burn.
In large aluminum Dutch oven or pot (not iron), saute onion, celery, peppers, garlic and okra in margarine.
Add roux, water, Ro-Tel and Worcestershire and season with salt and pepper.
Add sausage cut in 1-inch pieces.
Cook 1 hour.
Add shrimp, fish, oysters and chicken.
Cook about 30 minutes.
Serve over cooked rice.