Louisiana Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. grease
2 Tbsp. flour
chopped onions
chopped garlic
1 can tomato sauce
1 can water
chopped bell pepper
chopped celery
chopped green onions
chopped parsley
1 large can tomatoes
1 qt. boiling water (salted)
1 pkg. frozen chopped okra
little sugar
bay leaf
Tabasco sauce
salt and pepper
red peppers
gumbo file
crab meat, shrimp, oysters, chicken or turkey (any kind of meat)

Preparation

Heat grease in skillet.
Add flour and stir constantly, until flour is brown like fudge.
Add chopped onions and garlic; fry a little.
Then add tomato sauce and water.
Add chopped bell pepper, celery, green onions and parsley; cook for 2 minutes.
Add large can tomatoes.
Now, have large pot ready with not more than 1 quart of boiling water (salted).
Add mixture from skillet to water and add okra.
Season with a little sugar, bay leaf, Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper, red peppers and gumbo file.
Add the meat.