Saturday, March 31, 2007

Lunch Saturday 31 March - Okra Gumbo


Okra Gumbo
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1 onion , chopped (about 120g)
1 green pepper chopped (about 130g)
3 green chilles, chopped or to your taste
3 cloves garlic, crushed
4 ribs celery, chopped (about 150g)
1 teaspoon thyme leaves
1 pint vegetable or fish stock
1 400g can tomatoes in juice
100g okra, wiped and canned & cut into 1" lengths
100g cooked prawns
file gumbo powder, to taste

Saute the onions, peppers, chillies, garlic & celery in the oil until soft, about 15 minutes.

Add the tomatoes, thyme & stock and simmer uncovered for about 30 minutes.

Add the okra and cook uncovered for a further 15 minutes.

Stir in the prawns to heat them through. Sprinkle in the file gumbo to your taste and serve.

Nutrition Data per serving
Calories (kcal) 380.0
Carbohydrate (g) 32.8
Protein (g) 25.9
Fat (g) 17.3
Fibre (g) 14.9


This would traditionally be served with rice, but I am trying to cut back on some calories today, to omitted it.


Some file gumbo information here

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