Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, seafood gumbo. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Seafood Gumbo Gumbo is one dish that makes Louisiana cuisine so famous. We live across the state line in Texas and can't seem to get enough of this traditional gumbo recipe that features okra, shrimp, spicy seasonings and what is called the holy trinity—onions, green peppers and celery. Add onions, celery, and green pepper. Stirring frequently, add garlic, file, hot sauce, and the pepper-herb mixture.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have seafood gumbo using 27 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Seafood Gumbo:
- Get Roux ingredients
- Make ready 3/4 cup bacon drippings
- Get 1 cup flour
- Get Vegetable mix
- Get 1 cup chopped celery
- Take 1 large green bell pepper
- Take 2 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 pound andouille sausage
- Get 1 yellow onion
- Get Gumbo base
- Get 3 quarts water
- Make ready 6 cubes beef bouillon
- Get 1 tablespoon sugar
- Take to taste Salt
- Prepare 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (Louisiana hot sauce)
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Cajon Seasoning
- Make ready 4 bay leaves
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- Get 14.5 ounce can stewed tomatoes
- Make ready 6 ounce can tomato sauce
- Take 2 teaspoons gumbo file powder
- Prepare Seafood mix
- Take 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
- Make ready 1 pound lump crabmeat
- Take 3 pounds uncooked medium shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- Get 2 tablespoons Worcester shire sauce
- Get 2 teaspoons gumbo file powder
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Steps to make Seafood Gumbo:
- Make roux mix by whisking flour and bacon drippings constantly in sauce pan over medium-low heat until rich mahogany color. Remove from heat until it stops cooking. Usually 8-15 minutes.
- Place celery, onion, green bell pepper, and garlic in food processor on pulse until finely chopped. Mix vegetables and sausage into roux mix and place back over medium-low heat until vegetables are tender. Usually 10-15 minutes.
- Bring water and beef bouillon to boil in large pot (8 quarts or larger). Whisk the roux mix into boiling water once the cubes disolve. Reduce to simmer then mix in the rest of the base: sugar, salt, hot sauce, Cajon seasoning, bay leaves, thyme, stewed tomatoes and tomato sauce. Simmer for 1 hour and add the file gumbo powder at the 45 minute mark.
- Mix in shrimp, crab meat, Worsteshire and white vinegar into gumbo and simmer for another 45 minutes. Mix in file gumbo powder before serving.
Louisiana Seafood Gumbo Recipe Dive into this savory gumbo featuring Louisiana blue crabs and shrimp. When you think of Louisiana's Cajun and Creole cuisine, gumbo is one of the first dishes that comes to mind. Learn to make seafood gumbo with this iconic Louisiana recipe featuring Louisiana blue crabs and shrimp. Gumbo is a true melting pot dish. Originating in Louisiana it combines the cuisines and ingredients of several cultures including West African, French, German, and Choctaw.
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