Good New Orleans Creole Gumbo

Name: Good New Orleans Creole Gumbo
Prep time: 3 h 40 min
Cook time: 3 h 40 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 454 grams andouille sausage, sliced; 2 Tbsps bacon drippings; 4 bay leaves; 6 cubes beef bouillon; 1 teaspoons Cajun seasoning blend (such as Tony Chacheres®), or to taste; 170 grams tomato sauce; 411 grams stewed tomatoes; 237 milliliters coarsely chopped celery; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 large green bell pepper, coarsely chopped; 2 teaspoons gumbo file powder; 454 grams lump crabmeat; 567 grams packages frozen cut okra, thawed; 1 large onion, coarsely chopped; 2 Tbsps hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®), or to taste; 20 servings salt to taste; 1 kgs uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined; 1 teaspoons dried thyme leaves; 3 liters water; 2 Tbsps distilled white vinegar; 1 Tbsp white sugar; 2 Tbsps Worcestershire sauce

Need a dairy free main course? Good New Orleans Creole Gumbo could be a great recipe to try. This recipe makes 20 servings with 227 calories, 24g of protein, and 9g of fat each. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up sugar, tomato sauce, celery, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the seasoning blend you could follow this main course with the Pumpkin Pie Spice Cream Scones as a dessert. 2081 person have tried and liked this recipe. This recipe is typical of Creole cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Make a roux by whisking the flour and 3/4 cup bacon drippings together in a large, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat to form a smooth mixture. Cook the roux, whisking constantly, until it turns a rich mahogany brown color. This can take 20 to 30 minutes; watch heat carefully and whisk constantly or roux will burn.

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Remove from heat; continue whisking until mixture stops cooking.

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Place the celery, onion, green bell pepper, and garlic into the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the vegetables are very finely chopped. Stir the vegetables into the roux, and mix in the sausage. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat, and cook until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Remove from heat, and set aside.

Bring the water and beef bouillon cubes to a boil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot. Stir until the bouillon cubes dissolve, and whisk the roux mixture into the boiling water. Reduce heat to a simmer, and mix in the sugar, salt, hot pepper sauce, Cajun seasoning, bay leaves, thyme, stewed tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Simmer the soup over low heat for 1 hour; mix in 2 teaspoons of file gumbo powder at the 45-minute mark.

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Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings in a skillet, and cook the okra with vinegar over medium heat for 15 minutes; remove okra with slotted spoon, and stir into the simmering gumbo.

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Mix in crabmeat, shrimp, and Worcestershire sauce, and simmer until flavors have blended, 45 more minutes. Just before serving, stir in 2 more teaspoons of file gumbo powder.

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