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Seafood and Turkey Sausage Gumbo

Ingredients
1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
1 cup chopped Onion
1 cup chopped Green Bell Pepper
3 Garlic Cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon dried Thyme
1 Bay Leaf
3 low-fat Italian Turkey Sausages (about 10 ounces)
1 (28 ounce) can Diced Tomatoes
1 cup low-salt Chicken or Vegetable Broth
2 teaspoons Creole Cajun Seasoning
8 uncooked large Shrimp (peeled & de-veined)
2 (6 ounce) Catfish Filets (cut into 4 pieces)

Cooking Directions
Sprinkle flour over bottom of heavy pot. Stir flour constantly over medium-low heat until flour turns golden brown (about 15 minutes). Pour browned flour into a bowl.

Heat oil in the same pot over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper and saute until tender (about 7 minutes). Add garlic, thyme and bay leaf. Stir 1 minute. Add sausages and saute until brown, breaking up with back of spoon (about 5 minutes). Then add browned flour. Add tomatoes with juices, broth and creole seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes to blend flavors, stirring frequently.

Add shrimp and catfish to pot and simmer just until seafood is opaque in center (about 5 minutes). Discard bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

Nutrition Information Per Serving:
317 Calories;
9 g Total Fat;
2 g Saturated Fat;
151 mg Cholesterol.

Epicurious Food, 1999. Internet: CondeNet, Inc.

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