Creole gumbo, a delectable and iconic dish from the vibrant culinary melting pot of Louisiana, is a celebration of flavors and textures that has captivated taste buds for generations. This one-pot wonder draws inspiration from a rich tapestry of cultural influences, seamlessly blending African, French, Spanish, and Native American traditions. With its soul-satisfying broth, a medley of succulent meats or seafood, and the vibrant backdrop of earthy vegetables, Creole gumbo is an embodiment of Louisiana's diverse heritage and a testament to the enduring legacy of its culinary prowess.
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GOOD NEW ORLEANS CREOLE GUMBO
I am going to give you my gumbo recipe. I learned to cook from my mother and grandmother who were born and raised in New Orleans and really knew how to cook. Most of the time, you could not get them to write down their recipes because they used a 'pinch' of this and 'just enough of that' and 'two fingers of water,' and so on. This recipe is a combination of both of their recipes which I have added to over the years. Serve over hot cooked rice. The gumbo can be frozen or refrigerated and many people like it better the next day. Bon appetit!
Provided by Mddoccook
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews Gumbo Recipes
Time 3h40m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Make a roux by whisking the flour and 3/4 cup bacon drippings together in a large, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat to form a smooth mixture. Cook the roux, whisking constantly, until it turns a rich mahogany brown color. This can take 20 to 30 minutes; watch heat carefully and whisk constantly or roux will burn. Remove from heat; continue whisking until mixture stops cooking.
- Place the celery, onion, green bell pepper, and garlic into the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the vegetables are very finely chopped. Stir the vegetables into the roux, and mix in the sausage. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat, and cook until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside.
- Bring the water and beef bouillon cubes to a boil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot. Stir until the bouillon cubes dissolve, and whisk the roux mixture into the boiling water. Reduce heat to a simmer, and mix in the sugar, salt, hot pepper sauce, Cajun seasoning, bay leaves, thyme, stewed tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Simmer the soup over low heat for 1 hour; mix in 2 teaspoons of file gumbo powder at the 45-minute mark.
- Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings in a skillet, and cook the okra with vinegar over medium heat for 15 minutes; remove okra with slotted spoon, and stir into the simmering gumbo. Mix in crabmeat, shrimp, and Worcestershire sauce, and simmer until flavors have blended, 45 more minutes. Just before serving, stir in 2 more teaspoons of file gumbo powder.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 283.1 calories, Carbohydrate 12.1 g, Cholesterol 142.6 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 20.9 g, SaturatedFat 5.9 g, Sodium 853.1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
BEST CREOLE SHRIMP AND OKRA GUMBO
This is a really tasty gumbo that is also easy to make. For more authentic taste you can add 1/4 cup of Gumbo Filé Powder spice before you serve. I hope you get to enjoy this as much as we do! Note: If this is too mild for your taste you can add some hot sauce as you serve. I made this for my 1 year old and I had to cut down on the spice.
Provided by Nadia Melkowits
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h50m
Yield 1 bowl, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Slowly stir the flour into heated oil in a heavy cast iron skillet. Continue to stir until the flour is dark brown. Add the next 4 ingredients; stir until onions are clear. Add tomato paste and a cup of water. Add okra and tomatoes. Cook slowly, adding all the water and shrimp stock -a little at a time. Stir in sugar & creole seasoning. Cook for about an hour on a low fire, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom of pot; adding water if necessary.
- Add the shrimp ,sausage, parsley and the bay leaves. Cook another 30 minutes to an hour, adding seasoning to taste. Serve over boiled or steamed rice.
GUMBO STYLE CHICKEN CREOLE
Delicious chicken gumbo consistency with tomato base. Makes plenty to last for several days. Serve over hot cooked rice and sprinkle with filé powder, if desired.
Provided by SMFLRN
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews Gumbo Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until mixture is the color of a copper penny. Reduce heat to low and stir in bell pepper and onion. Cook 10 to 15 minutes, or until tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add chicken, tomatoes with green chile peppers, mushrooms, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Stir together, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add chicken broth or water if mixture is too thick for your liking.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 136.5 calories, Carbohydrate 12.3 g, Cholesterol 0.5 mg, Fat 9.4 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 735 mg, Sugar 3.2 g
CREOLE GUMBO
Make and share this Creole Gumbo recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Karen From Colorado
Categories Gumbo
Time 45m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Cook onion and garlic in butter until onion is tender.
- Stir in flour.
- Cook, stirring constantly until flour is browned.
- Stir in the tomatoes, water, green pepper, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, salt and hot sauce.
- Bring to boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Remove bay leaves.
- Stir in the okra.
- Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Stir shrimp and crab meat into okra mixture.
- Cook about 5 minutes longer or until heated through.
- Serve gumbo over hot rice.
- (Traditionally, rice is mounded in heated soup plates and the gumbo is spooned around it).
CREOLE REDFISH GUMBO
Jordan Ruiz cooks a version of the seafood gumbo his mother and grandmother made when he was growing up in New Orleans' Gentilly neighborhood. It contains fin fish, which is rarely seen in restaurants in New Orleans, where seafood gumbos tend to contain shrimp and crab. Gumbo filé, made of dried and ground sassafras leaves, is used both as a thickening agent and for its flavor. Mr. Ruiz's gumbo can be found at the Munch Factory, the New Orleans restaurant he owns with his wife, Alexis.
Provided by Brett Anderson
Categories dinner, soups and stews, main course
Time 2h15m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Prepare the roux: In a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high until it's just shy of smoking. Slowly shake the flour into the oil, whisking until smooth. Reduce the heat to medium and continue whisking until the roux is a deep dark brown, 20 to 30 minutes, adjusting the heat as necessary to prevent burning.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir in the onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic. Cook another 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Stir in the stock. Bring to a boil and add the crabs (if using whole blue crabs), gumbo filé, bay leaves, salt, thyme, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the flavors have melded, skimming off any foam or skin on the surface, about 1 hour.
- Toss the shrimp and fish with the Creole seasoning and stir into gumbo, along with the oysters and crab meat (if using). Simmer until the shrimp and fish are cooked, about 10 minutes. Add the hot sauce. Taste and season with more salt and hot sauce if necessary. Divide among soup bowls and top with rice and scallions.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1268, UnsaturatedFat 55 grams, Carbohydrate 46 grams, Fat 65 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 121 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 3524 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams
CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO (CREOLE STEW)
Steps:
- In a bowl, combine the onions, bell peppers, okra and celery; set aside.
- Combine all but 1/2 cup of the flour, the salt, garlic powder, and red pepper in a plastic bag, add the chicken pieces and shake until chicken is well coated. In large heavy skillet heat 1 1/2-inches of oil until very hot (375 degrees F.) Fry the chicken until the crust is brown on both sides and meat is cooked, about 5 to 8 minutes per side; drain on paper towels.
- Remove the pan from the heat and pour the hot oil into a cup, leaving as many brown particles in the pan as possible. Scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to loosen any stuck particles, then return 1/2 cup of the hot oil to the pan. Place the pan over high heat. Using a long handled whisk, gradually stir in remaining flour. Cook, whisking constantly, until a roux is formed and is a dark red-brown. Remove from heat and add the reserved vegetable mixture, stirring constantly until the roux stops getting darker. Return to a low heat and cook until the vegetables are soft.
- In a separate large pot, bring the chicken stock to a boil. Add the roux by spoonfuls to the boiling stock, stirring between each addition. Reduce to a simmer and add the andouille and remaining ingredients, except file powder. Simmer for 45 minutes. While gumbo is simmering, bone the cooked chicken and cut meat into 1/2-inch dice. Add to the gumbo. Add file powder 5 minutes before serving and continue to simmer for 5 minutes.
- Serve gumbo on a mound of cooked rice.
CREOLE GUMBO
This is a gumbo recipe that's been borrowed and recombined from three different people's recipes, and this is how it ended up! Laissez les bons temps rouler! Be sure to have some file powder and hot pepper sauce to season to your liking. Serve over hot rice with potato salad and crackers, if desired.
Provided by Kara Thibodeaux
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews Gumbo Recipes
Time 3h35m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Boil chicken breasts and thighs with onion and bell pepper in a large pot of salted water, for about 40 minutes or until cooked through and no longer pink inside. Drain, debone chicken and set aside.
- In a large saucepan stir together flour and butter over low heat to make a roux; add boiled chicken, sausage and water and bring all to a boil. Cover saucepan and simmer over low heat for about 1 1/2 hours.
- Add shrimp and simmer for about 1 more hour, then add seasoning to taste and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 816.2 calories, Carbohydrate 10.5 g, Cholesterol 306.3 mg, Fat 55.4 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 65.2 g, SaturatedFat 21 g, Sodium 1515.9 mg, Sugar 2.2 g
MA HARPER'S CREOLE GUMBO
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h40m
Yield 30 cups (15 to 20 bowls)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place flour in a baking pan and bake, watching and stirring occasionally until flour is a nutty brown color. Sift to remove the lumps of flour.
- Saute chicken in oil in a large pot. Add sausage and cook until it begins to change color. Add onions, bell pepper and garlic and let cook until onion is clear. Add crabs and let cook until the crabs have changed color. Add thyme, cayenne, celery, bay leaves, green onions and flour and let mixture cook 5 minutes. Add stock and season with salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning. Cook for 45 minutes over medium heat, then stir in parsley. Serve over rice. Add gumbo file to each serving.
CREOLE-STYLE SHRIMP AND SAUSAGE GUMBO
Make and share this Creole-Style Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Gumbo
Time 2h35m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Bring the reserved shrimp shells and 4 1/2 cups water to a boil in a stockpot or large saucepan over med-high heat.
- Decrease heat to med-low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Strain the stock and add the clam juice and ice water (you should have about 2 quarts of tepid stock, 100 to 110 degrees); discard the shells; set the stock aside.
- Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or large heavy-bottomed saucepan over med-high heat until it registers 200 degrees on an instant-read thermometer, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.
- Decrease the heat to medium and gradually stir in the flour with a wooden spatula or spoon, working out any lumps that form.
- Continue stirring constantly, reaching into the edges of the pan, until the mixture has a toasty aroma and is deep reddish brown, about the color of an old copper penny or between the colors of milk chocolate and dark chocolate, about 20 minutes (the roux will become thinner as it cooks; if it begins to smoke, remove the pan from the heat and stir the roux constantly, to cool slightly).
- Add the onions, bell pepper, celery, garlic, thyme, salt, and cayenne to the roux and cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables soften, 8-10 minutes.
- Add 1 quart reserved stock in a slow, steady stream while stirring vigorously.
- Stir in the remaining stock.
- Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil.
- Decrease heat to medium-low, skim the foam off the surface, add the bay leaves, and simmer, uncovered, skimming any foam that rises to the surface, about 30 minutes.
- Stir in the sausage and continue simmering to blend the flavors, about 30 minutes.
- Stir in the shrimp and simmer until cooked through, about 5 minutes.
- Off the heat, stir in the parsley and scallions and adjust the seasonings with salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste.
- Remove the bay leaves and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 408.9, Fat 30.8, SaturatedFat 7.2, Cholesterol 143, Sodium 1321, Carbohydrate 12.2, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 2.7, Protein 20.2
GUMBO STYLE CHICKEN CREOLE
Cooked leftover chicken can be tossed into this gumbo and simmered with tomatoes, mushrooms, chile peppers, a little of this and a little of that. Delicious chicken gumbo consistency with tomato base. Makes plenty to last for several days. Serve over hot cooked rice and sprinkle with filet powder, if desired.
Provided by cellogirl2
Categories Gumbo
Time 1h
Yield 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat.
- Stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until mixture is the color of a copper penny.
- Reduce heat to low and stir in bell pepper and onion.
- Cook 10 to 15 minutes, or until tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add chicken, tomatoes with green chile peppers, mushrooms, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper and hot sauce.
- Stir together, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
NEW ORLEANS CREOLE GUMBO
Make and share this New Orleans Creole Gumbo recipe from Food.com.
Provided by CJAY8248
Categories Gumbo
Time 1h30m
Yield 1 pot of gumbo, 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Melt fat.
- Add okra and onion and fry until soft.
- Sprinkle with flour and salt.
- Mix well.
- Add green pepper, bay leaves, parsley, thyme, tomato sauce, shrimp, crab, oysters with liquor, and hot water.
- Mix well and cook slowly for 1 hour. Gumbo will be thick and dark.
- Serve in bowl with cooked rice.
CREOLE GUMBO
Leah Chase, the chef and owner of Dooky Chase in New Orleans, gave an interview to Matt Lee and Ted Lee of The Times back in 2000. It was about her gumbo, which is brackish and silky and delicious, and for which she offered a recipe. Ms. Chase told them about giving a dinner in 1942 for a group of Tuskegee Airmen who refused to eat the gumbo she and a friend had prepared for them because they thought the file powder she put in the pot was a voodoo potion intended to ensnare the men. "One of the men was telling the others, 'Don't eat the gumbo! If you eat that gumbo, you'll never leave New Orleans.' " Perhaps! (Sam Sifton)
Provided by Matt Lee And Ted Lee
Categories soups and stews, main course
Time 2h30m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Peel and devein shrimp. Place heads and shells in stockpot with 12 cups water, and simmer over low heat until needed.
- In a 6-quart stockpot, combine crabs, sausages, beef or stew meat and gizzards; cook, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, over low flame for 30 minutes.
- In a heavy-bottomed saute pan, whisk oil and flour together over low to moderate heat, and cook, whisking constantly until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Add onions, and cook, stirring, until soft. Pour mixture into pot with meats, and stir gently until well combined. Strain shrimp stock. Add to pot with enough water to make 14 cups liquid. Bring to a boil. Add chicken wings, smoked ham, paprika, garlic, thyme, bay leaves and salt, and simmer 30 minutes. Add peeled shrimp, and simmer 10 minutes. Add oysters, and turn off heat. Stir in file. Serve over rice, and garnish with fresh parsley.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 633, UnsaturatedFat 26 grams, Carbohydrate 20 grams, Fat 37 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 53 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 1247 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- Choose your protein: Gumbo can be made with a variety of proteins, including chicken, shrimp, sausage, or a combination of all three. If you're using chicken, be sure to brown it well before adding it to the gumbo. This will help to develop flavor.
- Use a good roux: The roux is the base of the gumbo, and it's important to make it correctly. Be sure to cook the flour and oil together over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the roux is a deep brown color. This will give the gumbo a rich, flavorful base.
- Add the vegetables: Once the roux is ready, add the vegetables. This typically includes onions, celery, and bell peppers. Cook the vegetables until they are softened, but not mushy.
- Add the stock: Once the vegetables are cooked, add the stock. You can use chicken stock, shrimp stock, or a combination of both. Bring the stock to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.
- Add the protein: Once the stock has simmered, add the protein. If you're using chicken, shrimp, or sausage, cook it until it is cooked through. If you're using a combination of proteins, add them in stages, starting with the chicken and ending with the shrimp.
- Add the seasonings: Once the protein is cooked, add the seasonings. This typically includes salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper. You can also add other seasonings to taste, such as paprika, thyme, or oregano.
- Simmer: Once the seasonings are added, bring the gumbo to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes. This will allow the flavors to meld together.
- Serve: Gumbo is typically served over rice. You can also serve it with cornbread or French bread.
Conclusion:
Gumbo is a delicious and versatile dish that can be made with a variety of ingredients. By following these tips, you can make a gumbo that is sure to please everyone at your table. So what are you waiting for? Start cooking today!
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