Dee'S Crawfish Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup flour
2 gallons crawfish, cleaned and split between heads and tails
salt
cajun seasoning
2 onions, chopped fine
1 cup celery, minced
1 bell pepper, minced
8 cups water

Preparation

Heat shortening, add flour, making roux, and stir until brown.
Add onions, celery and bell pepper.
Stir until vegetables are soft.
Add fat from heads of crawfish, stir until fat comes to top.
Add water and seasonings, and simmer 20-30 minutes.
Add crawfish tails, and cook over medium-low heat for 30 minutes.
Serve with rice.