How to Prepare Tasty Gumbo

Gumbo. The gumbo can be frozen or refrigerated and many people like it better the next day. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed Dutch oven over medium-high heat.

Gumbo is one dish that makes Louisiana cuisine so famous. 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. —Ruth Aubey, San Antonio, Texas "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. You can cook Gumbo using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Gumbo

1. You need of Smoked sausage.
2. It's of Oil.
3. Prepare of Flower.
4. You need of Onion.
5. Prepare of Garlic.
6. Prepare of Chicken broth.
7. You need of Diced tomatoes.
8. You need of Creole.
9. It's of Cajun pepper.
10. Prepare of Chicken.
11. Prepare of Rice.
12. You need of Celary.

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. 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. This Authentic New Orleans Gumbo is made with a dark roux, vegetables, chicken, sausage, and shrimp, and served over rice.

Gumbo step by step

1. Cool sausage and chicken.
2. Add 3 tablespoons of oil and wisk on flower over medium heat for 5 min.
3. Stir in broth, celery and onion.
4. Simmer for 5 min.
5. Add meat.
6. Simmer 5 min.
7. Add cooled rice.

This is a beloved recipe shared with me by a native New Orleanian. As you probably have gathered, I love making comfort food style recipes that use lots of fresh produce and real ingredients. Gumbo is a true melting pot dish. Originating in Louisiana it combines the cuisines and ingredients of several cultures including West African, French, German, and Choctaw. Reduce heat to medium-low, and add the butter to the Dutch oven.