4 jumbo gumbo Recipes

chicken thighs - skinned and cooked , then cut into chunks, beef sausage links - cooked and sliced diagonally, more - crab meat - you can use the imitation (less expensive), but of course the real thing is best, shrimp - shelled and devined, stalks celery, diced, garlic, diced, onion - diced, x 14 oz cans stewed tomatoes, olive oil, water, gumbo file spice - use 1/2 ot 1 full package - to your taste , the more the spicer it is. this spice can be found on the hanging package section of the supermarket in the spices area., tblsp flour, cooked rice - 1 cup per person

cooking oil, all-purpose flour, garlic, diced, white onions, chopped, stalks and heads celery, chopped, bell peppers, chopped, black pepper , coarse grind, salt, old bay seasoning, mixed italian herbs, worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce, fish stock (add more water or stock for a thinner batch to be served on rice), gumbo shrimp (mid 30ish range), lump crabmeat, fresh oysters or 6 lbs steamer clams, chopped parsley, chopped green onion, gumbo file

olive oil, garlic, peeled and chopped, blue crabs (gumbo crabs), shrimp shells (fresh, not frozen, plus heads ), jalapeno, minced and seeded, stalks celery, coarsely chopped (no leaves), carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped, leeks, split, cleaned and coarsely chopped, red bell peppers, seeded and chopped, onions, peeled and coarsely chopped, tomatoes, fish stock (or 1 quart water plus 1 quart white wine), fresh thyme sprigs, basil leaves, stemmed and chopped, saffron, olive oil, garlic, minced, mussels , scrubbed and de-bearded, seafood sausage (commander s ), fish fillets, cut into pieces (trout or sheepshead preferred), dry white wine (pinot grigio, sauvignon blanc or chardonnay are all good), oysters, shucked, leeks, split, cleaned and julienned, tomatoes, peeled and chopped, carrot, peeled and chopped, red pepper, seeded and julienned, baby new potatoes, quartered and blanched for five minutes, jumbo shrimp, peeled with tails left on, crabmeat, salt and pepper, to taste, fresh parsley, minced (for garnish )