Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, seafood gumbo. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Seafood Gumbo is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Seafood Gumbo is something that I have loved my whole life.
Gumbo is one dish that makes Louisiana cuisine so famous. We live across the state line in Texas and can't seem to get enough of this traditional gumbo recipe that features okra, shrimp, spicy seasonings and what is called the holy trinity—onions, green peppers and celery. This recipe calls for seafood, but you could also use chicken, duck or sausage. A recipe for seafood gumbo that contains oysters, crab, and shrimp in a spicy thick broth made with spices, aromatic vegetables, and a dark roux.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have seafood gumbo using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Seafood Gumbo:
- Make ready 3/4 c. Bacon drippings
- Prepare 1 c. Flour
- Get 1 c. Celery
- Prepare 1 large white onion
- Make ready 1 bellpepper
- Make ready 1 large tomatoe
- Prepare 1 clove garlic
- Get 2 Tbsp. Gumbo file seasoning
- Take 2 Tbsp. Worshircheire
- Make ready 1 Tbsp. Tony Chachere's (cajun seasoning)
- Get 2 Tbsp. Louisiana hot sauce
- Prepare 1 Tbsp. Vinegar
- Make ready 1 tsp. Salt
- Get 32 oz. Of good beef stock or bone broth
- Take 1 lb. andoullie sausage
- Take 1 lb. Shrimp
- Get 1 cn. Lump crab meat
- Take 1 pkg. Frozen okra
- Take 1 c. Cooked rice per bowl
- Prepare 1 boiled egg per bowl
This is the best gumbo I've ever had. The crab boil is the key ingredient - do not omit it. The smell will drive you nuts!!! Originating in Louisiana it combines the cuisines and ingredients of several cultures including West African, French, German, and Choctaw.
Steps to make Seafood Gumbo:
- Heat bacon drippings on low to medium heat and whisk in flour.
- Continue to whisk and cook roux on medium heat until it reaches a rich dark brown color. This could take up to 30 minutes. Whisk non stop or the roux will burn.
- Once you reach your desired color, turn down to low to medium heat and add in onion, celery, and bellpepper and let this cook for another 10 minutes. It will become very thick.
- Add in chopped garlic, andoullie sauage, and chopped tomato and cook another 5 minutes.
- In a skillet, add a Tbsp of bacon grease, vinager, and okra and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Add stock or bone broth to the roux mixture and stir until well blended.
- Add gumbo file, Tony's, salt, hot sauce, Worcestershire and stir.
- Remove cooked okra from skillet with a slotted spatula and add to gumbo.
- Add lump crab and shrimp and let simmer until ready to serve.
- Serve gumbo over a bowl of rice and add a boiled egg cut in half. Enjoy!
The smell will drive you nuts!!! Originating in Louisiana it combines the cuisines and ingredients of several cultures including West African, French, German, and Choctaw. When you think of Louisiana's Cajun and Creole cuisine, gumbo is one of the first dishes that comes to mind. Learn to make seafood gumbo with this iconic Louisiana recipe featuring Louisiana blue crabs and shrimp. And check out this additional instructional video for how to make a roux.
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