Healthy Weight Recipes: Skillet Shrimp Gumbo Recipes

Ingredients

6 Servings

½ cup of Smart Balance 50/50 Butter Blend

2 cups of fresh or frozen okra

1 ½ pound of medium shrimp, shelled and deveined

3 garlic cloves or 3 tablespoons of Spice World crushed garlic

½ cup of chopped scallions

1 ½ teaspoon of iodized salt

1 ½ tablespoon of ground pepper

2 ½ cups of spring water

1 can of whole tomatoes

8 drops of Texas Pete hot sauce

2 drops of Tabasco hot sauce

2 whole bay leaves

1 cup of cooked rice

1 ½ tablespoon of Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle seasoning blend

1 ½ cup of finely chopped celery

1 ½ cup of finely chopped Spanish onion

Skillet Shrimp Gumbo Recipes

Directions

1. Turn stove top burner on medium heat, add Smart Balance butter blend to cooking pan, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally so that okra can cook thoroughly. Add the shrimp, garlic, iodized salt, scallions, and pepper; simmer ingredients for 5 additional minutes.

2. Begin to add spring water, tomatoes, and bay leaves to cooking pan; cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Stir in Tabasco sauce and Texas Pete hot sauce, remove bay leaf before returning lid to frying pan.

3. Add rice to a large bowl, cover rice with gumbo – serve immediately.

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