8 big gumbo Recipes

cooked riced (warm and set aside ready for serving when the time comes), fresh chicken and shrimp broth (the how to s are below), cut up cooked breast of chicken, sweet italian sausages - sliced thin, hot italian sausages - sliced thin, more of sweet or hot suprasatta sausage (thinly sliced and cut into fourths) (found in your italian deli s - you can have them slice it or do it yourself at home, just make sure if there is a skin - it s been removed), bacon (thick sliced is best ), shrimp per person de-veined but with tails and shells still on, onion or more, diced, big red sweet pepper, diced, green sweet peppers, diced, diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can), tomato paste (6 oz can), shakes of red chili flakes, several shakes each of tabasco & franks hot sauce, good red wine, better than bouillon beef flavor - it is a thick paste and basis for broths - found in the soup section of your grocery stores - and comes in a variety of flavors., water (only if you are not using the homemade broth), salt, more of fresh ground pepper, all purpose flour, bacon and sausage fat, more cloves of garlic - freshly minced, scallions minced, all spice (whole seed pods - preferred), more cumin, more of old bay seasonings, freshly chopped parsley, bay leafs, worcestershire sauce, chili powder, basil, fresh cilantro sprigs as garnish (optional)

peanut oil, all-purpose flour, chopped sweet onion, chopped green bell pepper, chopped celery, minced garlic, low-sodium chicken broth, shredded cooked chicken, andouille sausage , cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, frozen black-eyed peas, thawed, peeled, large raw shrimp (1 6/20 count )

butter, garlic, minced, chopped onion, chopped celery, okra, chopped, butter, all-purpose flour, cubed beef stew meat (optional), water, whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped, white sugar, chopped fresh parsley, fresh thyme, bay leaves, salt, ground cayenne pepper, ground black pepper, andouille sausage , cut into 1/2 inch pieces, crabmeat, flaked, shrimp - peeled and deveined, hot pepper sauce, worcestershire sauce, lemon, file powder

all-purpose flour, vegetable oil, whole chicken , cut into pieces, butter (or bacon grease), tomatoes, crushed, sliced okra, bell peppers, chopped, chopped celery, chopped onions, salt and freshly ground black pepper, garlic powder, old bay seasoning, hot sauce (recommended : louisiana), shrimp boil, shrimp, peeled (or big shrimp, cut in pieces)

smoked sweet paprika or sweet paprika, a palmful, coriander , half a palmful, ground cumin , half a palmful, cayenne pepper , half a palmful, a few sprigs fresh thyme , leaves picked and chopped, fresh bay leaves, onion, chopped, green bell pepper or 2 small, chopped, red or green chiles, chopped, ribs celery, chopped, garlic, chopped or sliced, boneless, skinless chicken, cut into large pieces, salt and freshly ground black pepper, flour, plus more for dredging, peanut or vegetable oil, andouille sausage, stewed tomatoes or diced tomatoes with chiles, beer, chicken stock, lump crabmeat or shrimp, peeled and deveined, note : if serving later in work-week, pick up seafood fresh, if serving on cook-night or as second night s meal pick up crab or shrimp with your big-shop., scallions, trimmed and chopped, hot sauce, suggestion : scallion rice.

rich hen chicken stock, kielbasa sausage; sliced bite size, peanut oil, minced garlic cloves, peanut oil, flour, onion; chopped coarsely, bell pepper, chopped coarsely, celery; chopped, okra; sliced bite size, salt, fine ground white pepper, fine ground cayenne pepper, dried bay leaves, dried thyme leaves, dried crushed greek oregano leaves, cold cooked hen meat, cut into chunks