Recipe: Tasty Classic Gumbo

Classic Gumbo. Classic New Orleans Gumbo Classic New Orleans Gumbo. With or without okra, gumbo is a New Orleans icon. Gumbo is one of the crowning glories of New Orleans cuisine.

The most obvious difference is gumbo is served with rice, while jambalaya includes the rice in the dish itself. In addition, okra is typically included in gumbo, while it is not common in jambalaya. This is a recipe for a classic, dark brown, shrimp gumbo in true Louisiana Cajun country fashion. You can cook Classic Gumbo using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Classic Gumbo

1. It's of Smoked sausage.
2. It's of Bacon.
3. Prepare of chicken breasts.
4. Prepare of Long grain rice unrinced.
5. Prepare of onion, chopped.
6. It's of Bell pepper, chopped.
7. Prepare of chopped garlic.
8. You need of tomato paste.
9. You need of seasalt.
10. It's of cayenne pepper.
11. It's of habanero.
12. You need of black pepper.
13. It's of water.
14. It's of paprika.

Browning the chicken pieces in the oil used for the roux adds flavor to the dish. I use the cooked chicken for chicken salad. File is added off the heat to thicken the gumbo. It's common to find gumbos made with a wide variety of ingredients and varying combinations.

Classic Gumbo step by step

1. Simmer cut up sausage, chopped bacon, and cut up chicken in a large skillet with bell pepper, onion and garlic. Simmer until chicken is fully cooked..
2. In large pot add 1 pound of rice to 6 cups of water..
3. Add tomato paste, sea salt, cayenne, habenero, paprika and black pepper to rice and water. Turn stove top up to med-high and begin to slowly bring to a boil..
4. Once meats are ready simply add to pot of rice mixture and let come to a boil..
5. Once boiling set on simmer and cover until rice is fully cooked..

Two primary types are seafood and non-seafood gumbos. Other types of gumbo are with or without okra. Another long-debated issue is whether a proper gumbo includes tomatoes. Gumbo is a thick, flavorful stew from southern Louisiana. There are many different styles of gumbo, from gumbo z'herbes to sausage gumbo, seafood gumbo, and chicken gumbo, but almost all gumbos feature okra.