Good Shrimp Gumbo Soup?

[TayreehBaykur]

Does anyone have a good Gumbo recipe? I want to make that this weekend...I'm thinking about doing it on a crockpot...Thanks!

[dollface]

I use this recipe but without the okra...you can put in or leave out any meat/seafood you want...I also make it with just chicken and sausage or just shrimp...its from www.gumbopages.com

This gumbo uses a very small amount of roux, so that it remains light. You may omit the okra if you like, and thicken the gumbo with filé powder instead -- it'll still be good, but will have a quite different flavor.

1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup flour
2 medium onions, diced
2 green bell peppers, diced
3 ribs celery, finely diced
4-6 cloves garlic, minced
4 tomatoes (or 8 Roma tomatoes), seeded and diced (if you like tomatoes in your gumbo)
1 cup tomato purée (see above)
2 pounds okra, chopped
4 quarts shrimp stock, crab stock or fish stock
1 tablespoon Creole seasoning blend
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
2 bay leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 dozen oysters, freshly shucked, liquor reserved
4 blue crabs, cleaned (optional)
1 pound fresh lump crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage
1 tablespoon filé powder (if okra isn't used)
8 cups cooked long-grain white rice

[littlebird]

http://whyoming.wordpress.com/2009/0...eafood-option/

Here's a link to mine. It's optionally vegan or seafood; omit the extra veggies and tofu and add shrimp/whatever seafood you like.

Enjoy!

[TayreehBaykur]

thank you both!

[KennyB]

I made gumbo last year from the recipe that I found on this site and it was great! I took a couple of jars to work and gave them to a friend who's whole family is from New Orleans. They said it was as good as anything they ever made or had eaten.

The only problem that I had was, I used cooked shrimp from the freezer and they shrunk up and got chewy. Also, you need to put the okra in last and don't let it cook for more than a few minutes. Mine got slimy and fell apart.

Gumbo

[Jayo]

Savannah Gumbo

2 tbsp all purpose flour
2 tbsp butter
1 yellow onion - chopped
1 green bell pepper -chopped
2-3 cloves garlic - chopped
2 cups diced smoked sausage
4 boneless chicken breasts - diced
4 cups chicken broth
1 28 oz can diced tomatoes
2 cups frozen okra
1 tsp dried thyme
2 bay leaves
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp gumbo file powder
salt & pepper

serves 10-12

In a 5 qt pot combine flour and butter and cook over med heat, stirring constantly until the roux is browned to a light chocolate color. Add onion, pepper, garlic and saute for 2 minutes (place garlic on top of onions & peppers to avoid burning garlic). Add sausage, cicken, broth, tomatoes, okra, thyme, bay leaves and cayenne. simmer over low heat fo 45 minutes. add the file powder and salt and pepper to taste. remove bay leaves and discard. serve over rice. **can add peeled/devined shrimp at end before adding file powder, shrimp are cooked when they turn pink**