Seafood File Gumbo
| Yield: | 4 Servings |
| Categories: | Soups |
| 3/4 | c | Margarine (not butter) |
| 2 | c | Chopped green bell peppers |
| 2 | c | Chopped celery |
| 2 | c | Chopped onion |
| 1 | Clove garlic; minced | |
| 1 | Jalapeno pepper; diced | |
| 1 | ts | Salt |
| 1 | ts | White pepper |
| 1 | ts | Ground black pepper |
| 1 | ts | Dried thyme |
| 1 | ts | Fresh thyme |
| 1 | ts | Dried oregano |
| 1 | ts | Fresh oregano |
| 3 | tb | File powder |
| 3 | Bay leaves | |
| 2 | ts | Paprika |
| 5 | c | Seafood stock (see recipe) |
| 1 | ts | Cayenne pepper or to taste |
| Tabasco sauce to taste | ||
| 12 | sm | Oysters |
| 1/2 | lb | Bay shrimp |
| 1/2 | lb | Crab meat |
| 1/2 | lb | White fish (cod or halibut) in bite-size pieces |
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