Vegetable Gumbo (Crock Pot)

Submitted by ellie_

"Low calorie and filling vegetable soup which makes an easy dinner by itself or with grilled cheese sandwiches. This recipe needs a large (5 quart or larger) slow cooker/crock pot. Recipe source: The Healthy Slow Cooker"

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 45mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 14.79 ml olive oil
• 1-2 onion, chopped
• 6 stalk celery, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 9.85 ml dried thyme (or 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, minced)
• 2.46 ml peppercorn, cracked
• 1 bay leaf
• 793.78 g can diced tomatoes
• 118.29 ml brown rice
• 946.36 ml vegetable broth or 946.36 ml chicken broth
• 9.85 ml paprika
• 19.71 ml lemon juice
• salt (optional)
• 473.18 ml okra, sliced (I use frozen)
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 0.25-0.5 ml hot pepper sauce (Tabasco)

directions

1. In a skillet over medium heat, heat oil for 30 seconds. Add onions and celery, cook stirring until soft (5 minutes).
2. Stir in garlic, thyme, peppercorns, and bay leaf, cook stirring for 1 minute.
3. Stir in tomatoes and bring to a boil.
4. Transfer to large crock pot insert.
5. Stir in rice and broth.
6. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours or until rice is tender.
7. Discard bay leaf.
8. In a small cup mix together the paprika and lemon juice.
9. Add paprika/lemon juice mixture, okra and green pepper, stirring in well.
10. Cover and cook on high for 20 minutes or until pepper is tender.
11. Add a dash or two of hot pepper sauce if desired.

Reviews

[Messy44]

Wonderful! I did add meat (chicken) and scallops (the only frozen seafood I had) and it turned out great. Added much more Louisiana Hot Sauce as we like it spicy. Will definitely make again. Thanks! Update - made again, this time used scallops and some leftover venison roast. Delicious, again. Used 1 T Franks hot sauce and more okra, brown rice. Yum!

 

[Monique 2]

This recipe is more like a 3.5 star. I love gumbo but this was lacking the "gumbo" flavor that I am use to. Maybe it is the lack of meat. I also thought it could use a little bit more seasoning, the flavor seemed a little bland. But that could be because of the slow cooker. I did like this as a nice vegetable soup. It was really simple, quick and easy. Next time I will cut back on the okra and use 1 cup, since I am not a okra fan.<br/><br/>I will make this again.

 

[DeniseBC]

We really were hoping to like this better than we did. It needed a bit more zing for us. Next time I'd think about some chili powder and would double the okra.

 

[Jenn W.]

This has become a family favorite. I brought a batch to a baby shower, and there were not any leftovers. Sometimes I add a few chicken breasts. I find that the rice cooks better if I add the tomatoes with the paprika and lemon juice instead of right away. I throw in frozen okra about two hours before serving.

 

[whtbxrmom]

I substituted fresh diced tomatoes from the garden for the canned. All of my other ingredients were fresh from the garden or the farm box. The only thing store bought was the celery. Everyone added their own hot sauce to suit their personal taste. It was thick, hearty and filling. We had it with grilled cheese sandwiches. Not what we would typically have on such a hot day, but we all enjoyed it.