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"I have had several people ask me for an authentic chicken gumbo recipe. This is my attempt at a recipe. I didn't realize it until I sat down the try to type this, I don't know HOW I make gumbo!Gumbo isn't about recipes. I never saw my Maw Maw's recipe because she didn't have one. Gumbo is cooked with instinct and heart. Gumbo is a..."

Ingredients: pepper, garlic, green peppers...

"A roux is the base of numerous Cajun and creole dishes. In Louisiana, natives have a joke about how long it takes to make the roux for certain dishes. Etouffee is usually a 1 beer roux while a full fledged gumbo is a 2 to 3 beer roux. Obviously meaning how long it takes to DRINK the beer. The cook time will vary depending on how dark you want your..."

Ingredients: flour, butter...

"Some people think that New Orleans cuisine is Cajun cuisine. It isn't. It's Creole cuisine, where most sauces and gravies are prepared with tomato. To delight in true Cajun cuisine, one must travel west of New Orleans into Acadiana, where, in my opinion, the food is much better! Just be sure that you like spicy, because most of it is highly..."

Ingredients: green onions, onions, parsley...

"From January, 2011's issued of Southern Living. This is an easier version of the original because it uses pre-cooked chicken and canned broth. Don't forget...heat your oil good before adding the flour for a flavorful and fast roux. Good for OAMC, too."

Ingredients: andouille sausages, green bell peppers...

"You couldn't get any more authentic. This was taught to me by my Cajun maternal grandmother who was taught by her maternal grandmother. I've never run across a gumbo recipe with "parsley meatballs". These are optional. I asked my mom about this and she said that this was probably used to "extend" the gumbo because there..."

Ingredients: pepper, andouille sausages...

"A friend loaned my a Cajun Cookbook and that is where this recipe came from. They all look so delicious!"

Ingredients: cloves, corn oil...

"This recipe was one of those culinary revelations created by total accident. I had a bunch of Ratatouille, some sweet Italian turkey sausage and a bunch of leftover chicken and was cooking while drinking (which, for whatever reason, tends to bring out my creative and passionately italian side- although I'm actually the heretical combination of..."

Ingredients: chopped tomatoes, eggplants...

Ingredients: corn oil, bacon fat...

"Gumbo is perhaps the signature dish, a cross cultural dish, of both cuisines, Cajun and Creole. Creole cooking is city cooking: refined, delicate and luxurious, developed and originally prepared by servants while Cajun cooking is French cooking techniques on a host of new ingredients unknown from the Cajuns stays in Nova Scotia and France, exotic forms..."

Ingredients: andouille sausages, frozen cut okra...

"Serve this on New Years day with some cornbread. From AllRecipes."

Ingredients: tomatoes and green chilies, diced tomatoes...

"Told my sister I was making gumbo and she told me how she makes her roux. I humored her and tried it and I have to admit... she may have something there..."

Ingredients: pepper, gumbo file...

"Use up those leftovers right down to the carcass...and freezable, too."

Ingredients: andouille sausages, cooked rice...

"Great for once a month cooking, I love this, it freezes for up to 6 months so I recommend making it in double and triple batches it goes quick in my house. Don't be discouraged by all of the ingredients most of it is spices. I prefer to make my chicken broth and I don't salt the gumbo once I am done, for lower salt omit the sausage, and half..."

Ingredients: lobsters, chicken base...

"Tasty make ahead mix makes gumbo day a snap! Use with my Shrimp and Okra Gumbo for gumbo or your own recipe. Either way, the veggies are all prepared for you in this recipe so you can skip some time and steps when preparing your gumbo. HTH"

Ingredients: green bell peppers, onions...