Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 cup diced white onions
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1 cup diced green bell pepper
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 6 plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon crushed dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon celery seeds
• 1 pound andouille sausage
• 2 quarts chicken stock
• 2 dozen raw shrimp, shells off, tails on
• 2 dozen cooked crawfish tails, 6 crawfish reserved, for garnish
• 1/2 pound lump crab meat
• 2 dozen oysters, shucked
• Salt and black pepper, to taste
• Hot pepper sauce and file powder, to taste for individual servings

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