Shrimp and Oyster Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 4 to 5 medium onions, chopped
• 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (16 ounce) cans tomatoes
• 4 cups fish or chicken stock
• 2 pounds raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon seafood seasoning
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen okra
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 to 2 pints oysters, undrained
• 1 tablespoon gumbo file
• Cooked rice

Instructions

1. 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.
2. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is soft but not brown.
3. Add tomatoes, fish stock, shrimp and bay leaves; simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Add seafood seasonings; simmer for 45 minutes.
5. Add okra, salt and pepper; continue to simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Add oysters and simmer 10 minutes or until edges of oysters curl.
7. Just before serving, stir in gumbo file.
8. Serve over rice.