New Orleans Gumbo

Photo: flickr user SanFranAnnie

Ingredients

4 slc bacon diced

2 onions diced

1/2 green pepper diced

1 stalk celery diced

28 ounces canned tomatoes undrained (28 to 30)

9 ounces frozen okra sliced

4 cups cooked rice or more

1 can shrimp drained (opt.)

Preparation

Brown bacon slightly. Add and cook over Low heat, all diced vegetables.

Add tomatoes and continue to simmer. Wash, stem and cook separately okra.

Drain. Add okra to other ingredients + some of okra cooking liquid. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve over cooked rice. Can add shrimp with okra to dish.

NOTES : Mom just called this okra and tomatoes. I usually buy presliced frozen okra.

This could be cut down considerably by only using 1-2 slices of bacon or substituting turkey bacon for pork bacon.Other than the bacon it is relatively fat free. We always ate it over lots of hot cooked rice.