FOOD WITH A SOUL

Shrimp & Crab Gravy

1 cup of diced yellow onion
½ cup of diced green pepper
½ cup of diced red pepper
1 stick of butter
1 tablespoon of browning sauce (I use Kitchen Bouquet)
1 pound of claw or lump crab meat
1 pound of shrimp
8 cups of seafood or crab stock
flour and water for roux
garlic
seasoning salt
Old Bay Seasoning
pepper

1. Melt butter in a large stock pot

2. Saute onions and peppers in it

3. Add seafood stock and browning sauce, bring to a boil

4. Add crab meat

5. Mix flour and water into a roux

6. Stir in small amounts of roux until you have reached your desired thickness

7. Season with garlic, Old Bay Seasoning, salt, and & pepper to taste

8. Add shrimp. Cook for 5-7 minutes

Serve over jasmine rice.

Makes 8 servings.

Juan and Gee Smalls are on a mission to change how small businesses give back to their communities. Five years ago, the husbands and entrepreneurs opened Virgil’s