When it comes to delicious and flavorful dishes, gumbo with shrimp, crab, andouille sausage, and okra is a top contender. This classic Southern dish is a vibrant tapestry of flavors that brings together the essence of Louisiana's rich culinary heritage. With its origins rooted in the bayous and swamps of Louisiana, gumbo has evolved into a symbol of the state's diverse cultural influences, showcasing a blend of French, Spanish, African, and Native American traditions. As you embark on this culinary journey, let's delve into the tantalizing world of gumbo, exploring the ingredients, variations, and techniques that make it a beloved dish across the world.
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SHRIMP, OKRA AND ANDOUILLE SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO
Make and share this Shrimp, Okra and Andouille Smoked Sausage Gumbo recipe from Food.com.
Provided by sherman44444
Categories Gumbo
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 , 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a 5 1/2 quart saucepan, heat the oil until hot. Add 6 cups of the okra. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 1 teaspoon of the white pepper, 1 teaspoon of the red pepper and the black pepper and stir well. Cook until well browned. (about 10 minutes), stirring frequently. Stir in the onions; cook for 5 minutes, stirring often and scraping pan bottom as needed. Add 1 cup of the stock (or water) and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the tomatoes and cook for 8 more minutes, stirring frequently. Add another 2 cups stock ( or water) cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1/2 teaspoon white pepper, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper and the salt, garlic, onion powder and thyme. Add the butter and continue cooking over high heat, stirring until butter is melted and scraping the bottom well.
- Add the remaining 7 cups of stock, stirring well. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Add the andouille sausage and return to a boil; reduce heat and simmer about 45 minutes more, stirring occasionally. Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups okra; simmer 10 minutes. Then add the shrimp and green onions. Return gumbo to a boil, then remove from heat. Skim any oil from the surface and serve immediately.
- To serve, place a mounded 1/4 cup rice in the center of each serving bowl; spoon 1 1/2 cups gumbo around the rice. Serve half that amount for appetizer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 647, Fat 44.6, SaturatedFat 15.8, Cholesterol 155.6, Sodium 1542.4, Carbohydrate 33.9, Fiber 6.3, Sugar 4.9, Protein 29.4
GUMBO WITH SHRIMP, CRAB & ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE WITH OKRA
You can adjust the spice to how hot you like the heat. This is a thick Creole-style stew. You can add browned chicken as well.You can half the recipe.
Provided by Rita1652
Categories Gumbo
Time 1h50m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large heavy pot and add the flour.
- Cook the roux, stirring constantly.
- Just as the roux reaches light brown color, add the vegetables and stir.
- When the vegetables are tender, add the stock, spices, cooked andouille sausage, salt, and peppers.
- Stir until the roux is dissolved, and simmer over low heat for one hour.
- Add the shrimp about 5 minutes before serving, then add the crabmeat by the handful, then cook over low heat just until the shrimp turn pink and the crabmeat is warmed through.
- remove bay leaves.
- Serve in large soup or gumbo bowls over about 1/2 cup of cooked rice per serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 690.1, Fat 13.3, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 223.7, Sodium 1428.7, Carbohydrate 93.2, Fiber 4.8, Sugar 2.4, Protein 46.1
SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE GUMBO
This recipe can be made with prepared stock, but it makes perfect sense to use the shrimp shells you would otherwise discard to make your own, at a fraction of the cost and 10 times the flavor. Don't worry if you don't have all the herbs; the most important ingredients are the shrimp shells, onion, bay leaf and carrot. The stock will still be good even if it's missing a few components.
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 2h5m
Yield 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 28
Steps:
- Combine peppers, onions, and celery in a bowl and have ready next to the stove. In a large heavy skillet (cast iron is best) heat oil until it just begins to smoke. Gradually add flour, whisking constantly. Continue whisking constantly and cook over medium to medium-high heat until roux is dark brown and very fragrant. Add vegetable mixture and stir with a wooden spoon, continuing to cook, for 2 minutes. Add salt and dry seasonings and garlic and stir to combine, cooking for another 1 to 2 minutes, then remove pan from heat.
- Place shrimp stock in a large Dutch oven or stockpot and bring to a gentle boil. Gradually add roux mixture to boiling stock, whisking constantly, until completely incorporated and dissolved. Return to a boil and add the andouille, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary, then add shrimp and turn off heat. Let gumbo sit for 5 minutes to allow shrimp to cook, then serve immediately over a scoop of plain white rice.
- Note: You can do everything in this recipe up to the point of adding the shrimp beforehand; bring gumbo up to a boil before adding shrimp to serve.
- Cooking the roux can be tricky. For safety's sake, wear good oven mitts while whisking (roux can cook to nearly 400 degrees F!) and be very careful not to let it burn on the bottom. If black bits show up in the roux before it is done, you must start over, boo-hoo. If the roux starts to smoke, remove it from the heat for a few minutes and keep whisking?remember that the pan will retain a lot of heat that will continue to cook the roux even off the flame. This is not a quick project! Your patience will be rewarded with a rich, delicious gumbo.
- Peel and de-vein the shrimp and reserve the shells. Refrigerate the shrimp until needed. In a saucepan or stockpot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, and celery and cook until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Then, add the shrimp shells and cook, stirring constantly, until shells are pink and fragrant. Add the wine and cook until reduced by half. Add water to the pot to just past the level of the shrimp shells and add peppercorns, bay leaf, and thyme. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce to a simmer. Skim impurities (i.e., scum) from top of stock and simmer for approximately 30 to 45 minutes. Strain stock and reserve.
SHELLFISH AND ANDOUILLE GUMBO WITH SHRIMP, SCALLOPS, CLAMS AND OYSTERS WITH CRISPY OKRA
Steps:
- For the gumbo base: Heat a medium skillet over high heat. Add the andouille and cook until golden brown on both sides. Remove to a plate lined with paper towels. Do not drain. In the same pan, cook the celery, carrots, onion, bell pepper and garlic until soft.
- Melt the butter over medium heat in a large Dutch oven. Gradually add the flour, stirring occasionally. Cook the mixture (roux) until it's a light-caramel color, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the onion mixture and cook for about 3 minutes, without stirring.
- Bring the stock to a boil in a large saucepan. Whisk in about 6 cups of the stock into the roux mixture. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer, add the andouille sausage and continue simmering for about 20 minutes, add more stock if the mixture is too thick. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- For the seafood: Heat 2 tablespoon of the oil in a large saute pan, over high heat until almost smoking. Season the scallops with salt and pepper and sear the scallops, on one side, until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Remove and set aside on a plate.
- Wipe out the skillet and add the remaining olive oil. Heat over medium-high until almost smoking. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper and cook until just pink, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove and set aside with the scallops.
- Add the scallops, shrimp, oysters and crab to the sauce and continue cooking until oysters are plump and cooked.
- For the Crispy Okra: Heat 2-inches of canola oil in a high sided saute pan over medium heat until it begins to shimmer. Line a baking sheet with paper towels.
- Place the cornmeal in a shallow baking dish and season with salt and pepper.
- Season the okra with salt and pepper and toss in the cornmeal. Fry the okra, in batches, until golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon to the baking sheet and season with salt.
- Divide the seafood among 4 shallow bowls, ladle in some of the sauce and sausage and add the honey and garnish with the fried okra and chopped parsley and cilantro.
- In a large saucepan over high heat, heat the oil until amost smoking and saute the shrimp shells and tails, onion, carrot and celery for 5 minutes, stirring. Add the water, wine, tomato and bay leaf. Reduce to medium, partly cover, and simmer 40 minutes.
- Strain though cheesecloth or a fine strainer.
CRAB AND SHRIMP GUMBO WITH OKRA
My grandma gave me a famous Louisiana cookbook (if you are a Louisiana native, you know what I'm talking about) when I was a teenager. I watched her make famous-around-town gumbo so many times as a kid. I took the book's "second edition" recipe and what I learned from her and came up with my own hybrid of the two. My daughters have asked me for my recipe, so here is my best recollection of it.
Provided by Tiffany Alessi Carter
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews Gumbo Recipes
Time 3h35m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Heat 1/2 cup oil in a large stockpot over medium-low heat until a pinch of flour sprinkled into the oil just begins to bubble. Whisk in the flour to form a thick paste the consistency of cake frosting. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the flour is very dark brown and the color of melted chocolate, about 45 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and add okra, onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, until onions are translucent and veggies are cooked, 6 to 8 minutes. Add diced tomatoes, cover, and bring to a simmer.
- Meanwhile, heat 3 tablespoons oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add okra and cook, stirring constantly, until tender and no longer stringy or slimy, about 10 minutes. Add to simmering roux mixture and simmer over low heat, stirring frequently, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add 6 cups water plus file powder, Creole seasoning, salt, pepper, cayenne, and bay leaves. Cook, uncovered, tasting a few times as it cooks to adjust spices and adding more water if necessary, until gumbo is as thick as you would like, at least 2 to 3 hours. The longer it cooks, the better.
- Stir in shrimp and crabmeat; cook for 15 more minutes. Ladle gumbo over hot rice in serving bowls.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 419.6 calories, Carbohydrate 37.3 g, Cholesterol 109.4 mg, Fat 20.6 g, Fiber 3.7 g, Protein 21.2 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 497.5 mg, Sugar 3.4 g
SAUSAGE AND SHRIMP GUMBO
This classic Cajun dish with sliced smoked sausage, shrimp, bell peppers and okra in a rich broth is ladled into bowls over rice.
Provided by Hillshire Farm(R) Brand
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Hillshire Farm®
Time 1h5m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Cut sausage into 1/2-inch slices; set aside.
- Combine flour and oil in a 4 quart heavy saucepan; mixing until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir 6-8 minutes or until roux is a dark reddish brown.
- Stir in onion, bell peppers, celery, okra and garlic; cook and stir 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in Cajun seasoning.
- Stir in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low; stir in sausage, pepper sauce, black pepper and salt to taste. Simmer, covered 15 minutes. Remove cover.
- Bring to a boil; add shrimp and cook 3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink.
- Ladle gumbo into bowls with rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 485.5 calories, Carbohydrate 36.2 g, Cholesterol 98.9 mg, Fat 28.8 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 18.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.7 g, Sodium 847.8 mg, Sugar 2.6 g
SHRIMP GUMBO WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE
Most cooks agree that gumbos must have the vegetable trinity of chopped bell pepper, onion and celery, and that they should be highly seasoned. Some gumbos do contain sausage, shrimp and chicken, but there are humbler ones that are made with only salt pork, onions and greens. Finally, there is the filé powder camp. These cooks use copious amounts of the stuff, which is made from finely powdered sassafras leaves. Added at the last minute, it thickens the soup while imparting a flavor that's earthy and herbal. I confess to using all three - a roux, okra and filé powder - in my own gumbo, which I hope is not sacrilegious. Not having grown up in gumbo territory, I based mine on a number of visits to New Orleans.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories dinner, lunch, soups and stews, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Peel and devein shrimp. Reserve shrimp shells for broth. Season shrimp with salt and pepper, thyme and 1/2 teaspoon garlic. Cover and refrigerate. Make the shrimp broth.
- Make the gumbo base: In a heavy-bottomed soup pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper and celery and cook briskly, stirring frequently, until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle in flour and stir to combine. Continue cooking for about 5 minutes, stirring, until flour-vegetable mixture is well browned. Add tomato paste, paprika, cayenne and remaining garlic. Cook for 1 minute, stirring well, then add diced tomato and andouille sausage and cook for about 2 minutes. Season mixture generously with salt and pepper.
- Stir in shrimp broth and reduce heat to medium. With a wooden spoon, scrape bottom of pot to dissolve any browned bits. Simmer for about 25 minutes, until gumbo base thickens somewhat. Taste and adjust salt. (You may prepare gumbo base up to this point several hours ahead; bring it back to a brisk simmer before continuing.)
- Add okra and let cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes more. Turn off heat. Stir in filé powder. Serve immediately, sprinkled with scallions, along with steamed rice or cornbread if desired.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 384, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 26 grams, Fat 21 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 1160 milligrams, Sugar 8 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- Use a good quality stock. This is the base of your gumbo, so it's important to use a good quality stock. You can use chicken, seafood, or vegetable stock, depending on your preference.
- Don't overcrowd the pot. When you're adding the ingredients to the pot, don't overcrowd it. This will prevent the gumbo from cooking evenly.
- Cook the gumbo low and slow. Gumbo is a dish that takes time to develop its flavor. Cook it low and slow over medium-low heat for at least 2 hours.
- Season the gumbo to taste. Gumbo should be flavorful, so don't be afraid to season it to taste. Use salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste.
- Serve the gumbo with rice. Gumbo is traditionally served with rice. You can use white rice, brown rice, or even dirty rice.
Conclusion:
Gumbo is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It's a great way to use up leftover seafood and vegetables, and it's also a good way to get your daily dose of protein and vegetables. If you've never tried gumbo before, I encourage you to give it a try. You won't be disappointed.
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