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Ingredients
  • ¾ cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 large yellow onion, diced
  • 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 4 stalks celery, ends trimmed (save them for stock!) and diced
  • 2 large cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 bottle Shiner Bock, Abita Amber or your preferred amber beer
  • 3 cups vegetable stock
  • 3 cups seafood stock - clam stock or shrimp stock are best here
  • 3 large bay leaves
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
  • a pinch red chili flakes
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 tbsp. Tabasco or other hot sauce
  • 1 pound cocktail crab claws
  • 1 pound catfish or grouper - skinless and cut into small chunks
  • 1 ½ pounds of 36 to 40 shrimp - peeled and deveined
  • 1 cup small fresh shucked raw oysters (and their liquor)
  • kosher salt & fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • chopped green onions or parsley and white rice, for serving
  • gumbo filé to sprinkle on at the end (optional - if using, add at the end not during the cooking process as filé is a natural thickener)
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