About Recipe
We have been making various gumbos for more than 20 years and continue to improve the recipes each time we make them. Gumbo filé, which is a spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the sassafras tree native to eastern North America. Choctaw Indians of the American South (Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana) were the first to use the dried, ground sassafras leaves as a seasoning which is now so widely used in Creole cooking.
Ingredients
2 andouille sausage(about 1 #) either smoked or raw
½ # medium large shrimp, shelled with tails on
½ # white fish such as halibut, swordfish or Atlantic cod, cut into 1 inch pieces
½ # large scallops(uncut) or oysters(shucked)
20 oz fish stock or clam juice
1 large yellow onion, chopped into med-large pieces
3 stalks celery, chopped into med-large pieces
1 medium-large green Bell pepper, chopped into med-large pieces
1 red or green jalapeno pepper, chopped into med-large pieces
4 large cloves of garlic, sliced crossways into thin pieces
20 oz of canned chopped tomatoes
2-3 T peanut oil
1 ½ C cooked long grain white rice
Seasoning Mixture:
3 T file seasoning powder
2 pinches red pepper flakes
½ t white pepper
½ t black pepper
½ t dried thyme
½ t dried oregano
1 ½ t paprika
4 bay leaves