Crab Boil In Gitchi Gitchi Ila Sauce

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 large yellow onions, diced
• 2 celery ribs, diced
• 10 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups salted butter
• 4 quarts chicken broth
• 2 1/2 tablespoons rosemary
• 4 teaspoons dried thyme
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
• 16 ounces clam juice
• 6 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 -3 cups red rose wine
• 2 -4 lbs shrimp (add all you see fit)
• 4 -5 pieces crab legs (king or snow or dungeness, add all you see fit)
• 3 -4 lbs smoked sausage (add all you see fit)
• 6 red potatoes (add all you see fit)
• 6 pieces corn on the cob, halves (add all you see fit)
• 4 tablespoons red hot sauce
• 2 lbs french bread

Recipe

• 1 fry onion, celery, garlic in butter until fragrant and soft in large gumbo pot.
• 2 take all the spices (rosemary, thyme, pepper, fennel seed, red pepper flakes) and crush them in a bullet or wt a pestle mortar.
• 3 pour in broth, and mix in the crushed spices, clam juice & tomato paste (i use knorr chicken bouillon powder mixed in water boiled for my broth, no salt needed if used).
• 4 place cover on pot and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 5 stir wine into the broth and continue to simmer and occasionally stir for 1 hours.
• 6 after 1 hour, add all of the seafood, sausage, potatoes & corn, let simmer for 1 hour.
• 7 c'est si bon! serve with the french bread (sometimes i brown the bread with a little olive oil).