Teen's Shrimp Gumbo Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/4 c. butter
• 1/2 c. onions
• minced
• 1/4 c. green pepper
• minced
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic pwdr
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco
• 1 (1 lb.) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 (1 lb.) can cut okra
• 1 (12 ounce.) can V-8 juice
• 1 1/2 - 2 lbs. frzn shrimp
• peeled & deveined
• 3 c. warm
• cooked rice
• 1 (10 ounce.) can condensed chicken gumbo soup

Instructions

1. Saute/fry onions and green peppers in butter in a Dutch oven.
2. Stir in soup, tomatoes, garlic, okra, V-8 juice, sugar, salt and Tabasco.
3. Bring to a boil for 2 min then reduce heat to simmer, covered for 10 min.
4. Blend cornstarch into 1/2 c. cool water and stir into soup mix.
5. Boil, stirring constantly till thickened, about 3 min.
6. Add in shrimp and cook 2 to 3 min longer.
7. With ice cream scoop, spoon a mound of warm rice in center of each bowl, then ladle gumbo over rice.