PAPA'S SEAFOOD GUMBO

Papa's Seafood Gumbo image

Provided by Shastaw2006

Categories Gumbo

Time 4h

Yield 10 gallons, 30-35 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 cup canola oil
2 cups flour
2 medium onions
4 -5 sticks celery
5 -6 garlic cloves
3/4 gallon white wine
1 -2 lb polska kielbasa or 1 -2 lb other link sausage, cut into bite sized pieces
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce, approximately
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons pepper
2 tablespoons cajun seasoning
2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce or 2 teaspoons hot sauce
2 (16 ounce) bags frozen cut okra
10 (8 ounce) cans oysters
3 lbs shrimp, 21/30 count raw, peeled
2 1/2 lbs imitation crabmeat

Steps:

Make a roe with the oil and flour in a skillet. Add more of either flour or oil as necessary. It should be a medium dark brown, and a thin syrup. You should have approximately 3 cups of roe when finished.
Add celery, garlic and onions to the roe and cook until translucent. Pour this into a very large 20 gallon stock pot.
Add white wine, and approximately 1 gallon water. Add more as necessary, this is hard to measure but it should be about 2/3 water and 1/3 wine.
In your original skillet, brown the sausage. Add this to the pot.
Add seasonings to taste.
Boil for 1-2 hours on medium high. When it starts to smell good, you know you are starting to get there. Start tasting at this point and add more seasonings as necessary.
Add okra and oysters.
Let cook for another 40 minutes or so.
Add shrimp and crab.
Let cook until shrimp is pink.
Serve over white rice.