Shrimp And Oyster Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. salad oil
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
4 to 5 medium onions, chopped
2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
2 (16 oz.) cans tomatoes
4 c. fish or chicken stock
2 lb. raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 bay leaves
1 Tbsp. seafood seasoning
2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen okra
salt and pepper to taste
1 to 2 pt. oysters, undrained
1 Tbsp. gumbo file
cooked rice

Preparation

Heat oil in
a heavy saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat; add flour very slowly, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until flour
is
very brown.
Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is
soft but not brown.
Add tomatoes, fish stock, shrimp and bay leaves; simmer 30 minutes, stirring frequently. Add seafood seasonings; simmer 45 minutes.
Add okra, salt and pepper; continue to
simmer 5 minutes.
Add oysters and simmer 10 minutes or\tuntil
edges of oysters curl. Just before serving, stir in gumbo file.
Serve over rice.