Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, gumbo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Gumbo is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Gumbo is something that I have loved my whole life.
The gumbo can be frozen or refrigerated and many people like it better the next day. Gumbo (French: Gombo) is a soup popular in the U. S. state of Louisiana, and is the official state cuisine.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gumbo using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Gumbo:
- Get 3 tbsp Shortening
- Prepare 4 tbsp All-Purpose Flour
- Get 3/4 cup Onion, coarsely chopped
- Take 1/2 cup Green Pepper, coarsely chopped
- Take 2 lb Chicken, boneless and skinless
- Make ready 3/4 lb Smoked Sausage
- Take 2 cup water
- Make ready 1 lb shrimp
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes, crushed
- Prepare 1/4 cup tomato paste
- Take 1/4 cup green onion
- Make ready 1 cup okra, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- Prepare 1 tsp file (optional)
- Take 4 cup rice
Find gumbo recipes, videos, and ideas from Food Network. Cajun gumbo is the tomato-free version of this legendary Louisiana stew, though there are otherwise very few rules that govern what goes into the pot. In this recipe, we use the classic combo of chicken and andouille sausage, but feel free to change it up with other proteins. Gumbo is one dish that makes Louisiana cuisine so famous.
Steps to make Gumbo:
- Melt shortening in large saucepan or kettle over moderate heat. Stir in flour and continue stirring until mixture turns light brown.
- Add onions and green peppers and stir until well mixed. Continue to stir on occasion for about 5 minutes until vegetables are crisp and tender.
- Add chicken and sausage and stir in water. May need to add more water if mixture appears thick. Cover pan and simmer 35 minutes.
- Add shrimp, salt, black pepper, tomato paste, green onions, and okra. Add more boiling water if necessary. Cover pan and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add file just before serving over hot rice.
We live across the state line in Texas and can't seem to get enough of this traditional gumbo recipe that features okra, shrimp, spicy seasonings and what is called the holy trinity—onions, green peppers and celery. This recipe calls for seafood, but you could also use chicken, duck or sausage. "That's the only gumbo I knew." Sausage and ham, chicken and veal brisket, shrimp and crab, all brimming in a beautiful brown murky soup she calls Creole Gumbo. It's the gumbo that once fueled the Freedom Riders and just about every other Civil Rights fighter that checked in to meet and eat at Dooky Chase. This Authentic New Orleans Gumbo is made with a dark roux, vegetables, chicken, sausage, and shrimp, and served over rice. This is a beloved recipe shared with me by a native New Orleanian.
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