Gumbo--New Orleans
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
3-4 gallons
ingredients
- 12 bell peppers, diced
- 2 bunches shallots, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 cups cooking oil
- 1 quart flour
- 2 (3 lb) boxes cleaned hard-shell crabs
- 6 links sausage, sliced
- 5 (3 lb) packages cut okra
- 5 lbs shrimp, peeled
- 1 teaspoon salt
- granulated garlic
- cayenne pepper
- file powder
- 1 lb tomato paste (10 cans)
- bay leaf
- 1 1⁄2 gallons water
directions
- Note: The 1 hour prep time is if you are chopping the vegetables and preparing the seafood. If you want to take a short cut, you can use frozen veggies and precooked seafood. It is just a matter of taste.
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Sauté in 20 quart pot, the following:
- Preheat 1 quart oil; add vegetables, let cook till brown (approx. 15-20min). Add tomato paste, let cook 10 min., stirring constantly to keep from scorching.
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Separately make Roux:
- Heat 2 cups cooking oil; add 1 quart flour, stirring constantly till brown. Add roux to pot, adding water, spices (to taste), crabs and sausage. Let cook one hour, stirring occasionally.
- NOTE: Filé should be added just 10 minutes before turning fire off, stirring well. Serve with rice.
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Recently moved back to Pass Christian, MS from Bellaire, TX, but originally from Metairie, LA. Hoping to one day become a chef and open my own bakery back home.
I absolutely Love to cook and especially bake! I am always looking for new and different foods to try.