Ingredients:
1 can 32 oz. tomato juice
1/2 Ib crab meat (when added tomato juice will darken to look more like Gumbo)
1 Ib. shrimp peeled
2 cups slice okra
1 large onion chopped
1 bunch green onions chopped
1/4 cups chopped parsley
1 bell pepper chopped
1 clove garlic minced
2 or 3 bay leaves
salt and cayenne pepper to taste
Instructions:
Empty tomato juice into a large pot.Add chopped vegetables and seasoning. Simmer for one hour. Add shrimp simmer 10 minutes. Add crab meat and simmer 5 more minutes. Remove from heat and let stand. This may be made several hours ahead and reheated to serve. The flavor improves on standing.When heated serve in soup bowls with a scoop of rice on top and a sprinkling of chopped parsley.
From Alice Ann (Poirrier) Broussard
