10 flavored gumbo Recipes

lard, flour, garlic, minced, onion, chopped, green bell pepper, seeded and chopped, water or 3 quarts broth, claw crabmeat , picked over for shell and catilage pieces (fresh or frozen), whole crabs, cleaned and halved, shrimp, peeled and deveined if desired (or left in shell, head-on, for more flavor ), oyster, drained with liquid reserved, chopped fresh parsley, salt & freshly ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, hot cooked rice , as accompaniment, file powder , for passing (optional)

gumbo pot /stock pot, hen cut up i prefer a hen but you can use a chicken/fryer but be careful of it fall apart unless it is deboned... lesser time in the cooking ), oil, red pepper ( only if you want it hot spicy flavor), chopped white/yellow onion, dark roux (savoy), chicken broth, water, sliced andouille, smoked sausage, tasso, salt, minced parsley, chopped green onion, cooked rice

chicken, skin removed and cut into pieces, smoked sausage, cut into 1/4 in rounds, bacon drippings (i use margarine), onion, chopped, garlic clove, finely chopped, green onion, sliced, green pepper, chopped (optional), vegetable oil, all-purpose flour, water, chicken flavored bullion cubes, salt, pepper

andouille sausage, chopped, tasso, chopped, vegetable oil , plus, vegetable oil, for sauteing, all-purpose flour, onion, chopped, stalks celery, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, green bell pepper, chopped, whole chickens, boiled and shredded, homemade chicken stock, stewed tomatoes, pureed, worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, kitchen bouquet (bottled seasoning used to flavor and color gravy), frozen sliced okra, green onion, sliced, flat leaf parsley, chopped, salt , to taste, fresh ground black pepper , to taste, steamed cooked white rice , as much as you like, hot sauce , to taste, file powder , to taste

ground beef, onion, chopped, green bell pepper, chopped, stalks celery, chopped, condensed chicken gumbo soup, tomato paste, brown sugar, lemon juice, yellow mustard, ketchup, barbecue sauce, white vinegar, worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke flavoring, dried parsley, black pepper, salt

boneless chicken thighs, diced tomatoes, minced garlic, fresh or frozen okra cut up, olive oil, chopped onions, i sometimes use diced tomatoes with other ingredients to change the flavor.

canola oil, onion, chopped, green bell pepper, chopped, stalks celery, chopped, garlic, minced, canola oil, all-purpose flour, vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, eggplant, peeled and chopped, chopped okra, red beans, drained and rinsed, salt, dried thyme, dried basil, gumbo file powder, cayenne pepper, ground black pepper, paprika, ground cumin, liquid smoke flavoring, bay leaves, vegetable broth, divided

zatarians gumbo base mix, water, vegetable oil, salt, zatarains creole seasoning, bay leaves, seasoning (frozen mixed vegetables ), diced tomatoes, pepper, zatarian crab boil, bell pepper (chopped ), celery ribs (chopped ), garlic cloves, chopped, onion (chopped ), dried thyme, dried oregano, hot pepper sauce or 1 tsp cayenne pepper, water chestnuts, chopped, bamboo shoots, redfish fillets, cut up (for it s strong flavor), crawfish meat, crabmeat (natural ), okra, cut up, corn kernel, andouille sausage (cajun seafood sausage), rice , with, zatarains crab boil, shrimp, shrimp (very small)