Sunday Night Soups: Crab And Okra Gumbo For Brian 'smoochy' Billick

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15 Ingredients

• 12 live small hard-shelled crabs or 1 lb lump crabmeat, picked over
• 4 Tbsps butter
• 2 rounded Tbsps all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 lb okra, rinsed, stemmed and chopped into rounds
• 1/2 cup diced tasso, or country ham
• 14- to 16-oz can tomatoes, including the juice
• 1 diced green bell pepper
• 4 garlic cloves, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 thyme sprig
• 2 Tbsps chopped celery leaves
• Cayenne, to taste
• 1 Tbsp filé powder (usually available with spices at good supermarkets)
• Cooked white rice