Gumbo Crabs with Rice and Corn
Succulent wild-caught crab claws simmered in a quick gumbo base with sweet corn and vegetables for a restaurant-quality weeknight dinner.
- Per serving
- $1.63
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 25 min
- Whole dinner
- $6.52
Ingredients
16 oz Wild caught gumbo crabs
On sale at Walmart: Pontchartrain Blues Wild Caught Raw Gumbo Crabs, 16 oz Bag (Frozen), Contains Shellfish
$4.00$8.761 cup Sweet corn
On sale at Walmart: Great Value Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn, 15.25 oz
$0.50$0.841 medium Onion
about $0.502 stalks Celery
about $1.003 cloves Garlic
pantry2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
pantry3 cups Chicken broth
pantry2 tablespoons Tomato paste
pantry1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
pantryto taste Salt and pepper
pantry2 cups Cooked rice
about $0.75
Prices are from Walmart the week of October 4, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Chop and sauté onion and celery with minced garlic until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add tomato paste and Cajun seasoning, stir for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add frozen crab and corn, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for 10 minutes until crab is heated through.
- Season with salt and pepper. Serve over cooked rice.
Why it’s cheap
2 of the 11 ingredients were on sale at Walmart the week of October 4, 2026, led by wild caught gumbo crabs at $4.00 instead of $8.76.
The sale items rang up $5.10 under their regular prices.
Penny Meals prices a dinner by the share of each package you actually cook, adds an estimated shelf price for anything that wasn’t on sale, and counts pantry staples like oil and salt as free. That came to $1.63 a serving, or $6.52 for 4 servings.
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