Crab-Okra Gumbo Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 lb okra, clean, trimmed, stemmed
• 2 lb crab meat, fresh and picked-over
• 1 lb shrimp, fresh, shelled and deveined
• 12 cups chicken stock
• ½ cup vegetable oil, or canola oil
• ¾ cup flour
• 1 white onion, large, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, chopped
• tomatoes, (1 can), crushed
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp thyme
• tabasco sauce, few drops
• 1 cup ham, diced
• 1 cup veal meat, cubed
• 2 tbsp butter, or lard
• ½ cup leeks , or green onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp parsley
• 2 leeks, chopped
• salt and pepper , to taste
• 4 cups white rice, long-grained, cooked