Dandelion Green Gumbo with Good Thyme Rice

Name: Dandelion Green Gumbo with Good Thyme Rice
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Cajun, Creole
Ingredients: 1 bottle pale beer; 2 Tbsps butter; 425 grams petite diced, crushed or stewed tomatoes; 3 ribs celery from the heart, chopped with greens; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 3 teaspoons hot sauce (recommended: Franks Red Hot) medium to spicy heat level; 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 0 teaspoons grated nutmeg; 4 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 2 scallions, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon sweet paprika, 1/3 palm full; 1 liters chicken or vegetable stock; 237 milliliters white rice, such as Carolina brand; 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it; 1 large yellow onion, chopped; 946 milliliters 2 bundles, dandelion greens, stemmed and chopped

Dandelion Green Gumbo with Good Thyme Rice might be just the soup you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 7g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 484 calories. It is a pretty expensive recipe for fans of Creole food. If you have celery from the heart, pale beer, onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

Heat a sauce pot over medium heat.

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Sauce

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Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil and rice. Toast rice 2 minutes, add 2 cups stock and thyme sprigs and bring to a boil. Cover the pot, reduce heat to simmer and cook 18 minutes or until tender.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Fresh Thyme

Stock

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Heat a soup pot over medium to medium high heat.

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Soup

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Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, and 2 tablespoons butter to the pot. When butter melts into oil, add garlic, celery, bell pepper and onion and season with salt, pepper and paprika. Cook to soften veggies, 5 minutes.

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Add bay leaf and flour and cook the flour another minute. Stir in the beer and reduce the liquid by half, a minute or so.

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Beer

Add hot sauce, Worcestershire and tomatoes.

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Tomato

Add 1 quart stock to the pot, stir in the greens and season with nutmeg. Raise heat to bring to a quick boil then simmer 15 minutes until greens are no longer bitter. Adjust seasonings, to taste.

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Greens

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Uncover rice and add lemon zest and scallions.

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Green Onions

Rice

Remove the thyme stems and fluff rice with a fork.

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Thyme

Rice

Remove bay from gumbo. Scoop up gumbo and top with scoops of rice and serve.

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Recommended wine: Albarino, Rose Wine, Sauvignon Blanc

Albarino, rosé Wine, and Sauvignon Blanc are great choices for Cajun. These low-tannin, lower alcohol wines will complement the heat in spicy cajun dishes, instead of making your mouth burn more. The The Fableist Albarino with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.