Crawfish Stew
["1/4 c. butter or margarine", "1/3 c. all-purpose flour", "1 c. each: chopped onions and celery", "1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined and diced", "2 c. water", "1 (14 1/2 to 16 oz.) can tomatoes, crushed", "2 c. (8 oz.) crawfish tails", "1 1/2 tsp. salt", "1/4 tsp. ground black pepper", "1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen sliced okra", "1 medium red or green pepper, chopped", "1/4 c. chopped parsley", "2 tsp. gumbo file powder", "3 c. hot cooked rice"]
["Melt butter in a large heavy pot (iron preferred).", "Blend flour and stir over medium-low heat until roux is dark brown.", "Add onions, celery and jalapeno pepper; cook until tender and crisp. Stir in water, tomatoes, crawfish and seasonings. Simmer over medium heat 15 minutes.", "Add okra, pepper and parsley.", "Simmer until tender-crisp, about 10 minutes.", "Stir in file powder.", "Ladle stew into soup bowls.", "Top each serving with 1/2 cup fluffy rice. Makes 6 servings."]
["butter", "all-purpose", "onions", "pepper", "water", "tomatoes", "crawfish tails", "salt", "ground black pepper", "okra", "red", "parsley", "gumbo file powder", "hot cooked rice"]