**Gumbo: A Culinary Journey Through the Heart of Louisiana**
In the realm of Southern cuisine, few dishes are as iconic and beloved as gumbo. This hearty stew, with its rich, flavorful broth and medley of succulent ingredients, is a testament to Louisiana's diverse culinary heritage. Whether you prefer the classic Creole version, with its tomatoes and okra, or the earthy, rustic Cajun rendition, with its dark roux and trinity of bell peppers, onions, and celery, gumbo is a dish that captivates the senses and warms the soul.
This article presents a curated collection of gumbo recipes, each offering a unique interpretation of this Louisiana classic. From the traditional to the contemporary, these recipes cater to a range of tastes and preferences. Whether you're a seasoned cook looking to expand your culinary repertoire or a novice seeking an introduction to this Southern staple, you're sure to find a gumbo recipe here that will satisfy your cravings.
**Easy Crock Pot Gumbo**
This recipe is a fuss-free, convenient way to enjoy a delicious gumbo without spending hours in the kitchen. Simply toss all the ingredients into your crock pot and let it work its magic. The result is a rich, flavorful gumbo that's perfect for a busy weeknight meal or a casual gathering.
**Seafood Gumbo**
For a seafood lover's delight, this recipe combines shrimp, crab, and oysters in a savory gumbo broth. The seafood is cooked to perfection, retaining its tender texture and briny flavor. Serve over rice and garnish with fresh parsley for a truly special meal.
**Vegetarian Gumbo**
This recipe proves that gumbo can be just as satisfying without meat. A medley of vegetables, including okra, bell peppers, and corn, is simmered in a flavorful vegetable broth to create a hearty and wholesome gumbo. Serve with rice or your favorite bread for a comforting and nutritious meal.
**Chicken and Sausage Gumbo**
This classic gumbo recipe features a combination of chicken and sausage, providing a satisfying balance of flavors and textures. The chicken is tender and juicy, while the sausage adds a smoky, spicy kick. Serve over rice and garnish with green onions for a hearty and flavorful meal.
**Duck Gumbo**
For a truly unique gumbo experience, try this recipe featuring duck. The duck meat is braised until fall-off-the-bone tender, then added to a rich gumbo broth. The result is a deeply flavorful and sophisticated gumbo that's sure to impress your dinner guests.
SEAFOOD GUMBO (CROCK POT)
This is a classic Creole recipe. There are many different opinions about what it should contain, okra of file powder (made from dried sassafras leaves) being the only constants. This version, although simple, is unconventional since it is not thickened with a well cooked roux. It is absolutely delicious nonetheless. If you are concerned about cholesterol, because this is very rich, increase stock to 2 cups and reduce cream to 1 cup. Serves 6 to 8.
Provided by Olha7397
Categories Gumbo
Time 10h15m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In slow cooker stoneware, combine onions, celery, garlic, thyme, dry mustard, bay leaf, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes and stock. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours or on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours, until vegetables are tender.
- Add okra, green pepper, chili pepper, crabmeat, shrimp and cream. Cover and cook on HIGH for 30 minutes, or until okra and peppers are tender. Spoon into individual bowls and serve piping hot. Serves 6 to 8.
- TIP: Large cans of tomatoes come in 28 oz. (796 mL) and 35 oz (980 mL). In this recipe use the 28 oz. (796 mL) size. If you are using the 35 oz. (980 mL) size, drain off 1 cup liquid before adding to recipe.
- Okra, a tropical vegetable, is a great thickener for broths and sauces, but becomes unpleasantly sticky when overcooked. Choose young okra pods, 2 to 4 inches long, that don't feel sticky to the touch, which means they're too ripe. Gently scrub the pods, cut off the top and tail and slice, if desired.
- Look for Serrano chilies in Asian grocery stores or well stocked supermarkets. They are long and thin, usually green, but sometimes red, and about the size of a baby finger. (The green variety has been described as a "skinny jalepeno.").
- MAKE AHEAD: This dish can be partially assembled the night before it is cooked. Combine ingredients in Step 1 and refrigerate overnight. The next day, continue with Step 1 as directed. For added convenience, prepare the okra, green pepper and chili peppers. Combine in a bowl, cover and refrigerate overnight. Cook, devein and cut the shrimp and refrigerate, covered, in a separate bowl, until ready to use.
- The 150 Best Slow Cooker recipes Judith Finlayson.
VEGETABLE GUMBO (CROCK POT)
Low calorie and filling vegetable soup which makes an easy dinner by itself or with grilled cheese sandwiches. This recipe needs a large (5 quart or larger) slow cooker/crock pot. Recipe source: The Healthy Slow Cooker
Provided by ellie_
Categories Gumbo
Time 6h45m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a skillet over medium heat, heat oil for 30 seconds. Add onions and celery, cook stirring until soft (5 minutes).
- Stir in garlic, thyme, peppercorns, and bay leaf, cook stirring for 1 minute.
- Stir in tomatoes and bring to a boil.
- Transfer to large crock pot insert.
- Stir in rice and broth.
- Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours or until rice is tender.
- Discard bay leaf.
- In a small cup mix together the paprika and lemon juice.
- Add paprika/lemon juice mixture, okra and green pepper, stirring in well.
- Cover and cook on high for 20 minutes or until pepper is tender.
- Add a dash or two of hot pepper sauce if desired.
BEEF GUMBO (CROCK POT)
Make and share this Beef Gumbo (Crock Pot) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by papergoddess
Categories Gumbo
Time 8h10m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients in crock pot and cook on LOW heat setting for 8 hours.
- Stir before serving.
CROCK POT GUMBO
I love Gumbo and I love my crock pot. I decided to see if I could make a good version utilizing the crock pot so I could do other things while it was cooking. This version passed the spouse test! Feel free to experiment with your seasonings - especially the crushed red pepper. Add some cayenne if you like it hotter. Just remember...you can always add more, but it's hard to make it less spicy if you over-do it. If you don't do shellfish, just omit it and add more chicken and sausage. To save a little time, get your water boiling for the chicken breast and cook it while you are stirring the roux.
Provided by Tatia 2
Categories Gumbo
Time 6h45m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Put the tomatoes and frozen vegetables in the crock pot on high heat.
- Make a roux by melting the butter and flour in a large skillet and stir constantly until roux is a light caramel color (about 20 minutes) on medium heat - do not burn the roux! Lower heat is better, but will take longer. Add the cooked roux to the crock pot.
- Add the bouillon cubes, water, crushed red pepper and bay leaves.
- Boil the chicken breast in a pot of water on the stove until no pink remains, let cool and then shred the meat by hand and add to the crock pot.
- Add the andouille sausage and let everything cook on high for about 4-5 hours.
- About 45 minutes before you want to eat, add all the seafood to the pot and season to taste with salt, pepper, herbs and your favorite seasoning blend(s). Serve over hot, cooked rice and garnish with chopped green onion. Hot pepper sauce and gumbo file seasoning are optional and should be added to each bowl by the person who will be eating it.
LOW-CARB CROCK POT "GUMBO"
This was an experiment (anyone low-carbing understands all the exeriments you try). It turned out to be one of my favorite foods once it is all done. If you follow the directions exactly, it will be pretty spicy. To cut down on the spicyness, leave out the habanero sauce.
Provided by Doodface
Categories Gumbo
Time 5h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- -Combine all ingredients in crock pot except for Chicken, Shrimp and Cream/Milk.
- -Cook on HIGH for 3 hours.
- -Shred the white meat from the chicken by hand, and add to the crock pot.
- -Add Shrimp and Cream.
- -Cook on high for 1½ hours after adding the last ingredients.
BAYOU GUMBO CROCK POT
This recipe is so great and easy to change up. Feel free to add more things like crab meat, chicken meat, more veggies. I like to add more hot sauce to the mix while its in the crock pot. Have fun with it and dont worry there is no way to mess this one up. People will think that you slaved all day to make it.
Provided by Miss Oregon
Categories Gumbo
Time 7h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- 1. In small saucepan, combine flour and oil; mix well. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; cook, stirring constantly, about 10 minutes or until mixture turns reddish brown. Place flour-oil mixture in 3 1/2 to 4 quart Crockpot.
- 2. Stir in all remaining ingredients except shrimp, rice and water. Cover; cook on low setting for 7-9 hours. When ready to serve, cook rice in water as directed on package. Meanwhile, add shrimp to gumbo mixture in crockpot; mix well. Cover; cook on low setting for additional 20 minutes. Serve gumbo over rice.
CROCK POT MUNGO GUMBO
No there is no Okra in this gumbo but I don't think you'll miss it. If you wish hold off putting in the Zucchini & peas until the last hour or so. Serve with White or Brown rice - the brown went well with it. I hope you enjoy the recipe. The hardest part of this recipe is stirring the roux
Provided by Bergy
Categories Gumbo
Time 6h20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Soak your Mung beans overnight in 2 1/2 cups of water, rinse the beans twice before adding to the Gumbo.
- Heat the oil in a heavy skillet and stir in the flour, stirring constantly over medium heat until the roux is a dark reddish brown.
- Don't let it burn, be patient and keep stirring may take 10 minutes.
- When the roux has that rich brown color stir in the chicken stock, use a whip and keep stirring until you have a nice textured sauce.
- Add the Sage, garlic,& chili.
- Pour the sauce into your crock Pot.
- Add all the remaining ingredients including the uncooked, well rinsed mung beans, stir to mix the ingredients well.
- Turn the crockpot to low, cover with the lid and 6 hours later it is ready.
- Serve with white or Brown rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1003.8, Fat 62.4, SaturatedFat 17.4, Cholesterol 117.6, Sodium 2065.8, Carbohydrate 57.9, Fiber 10.2, Sugar 8.4, Protein 52.5
ZUCCHINI GUMBO (CROCK-POT)
This soup/gumbo is good.Instead of the usual okra this uses zucchini. The original recipe called for file powder which I couldn't find - so skipped. Adapted from Fresh from the Vegetarian Cookbook. Without the rice this is only 2 WW points.
Provided by ellie_
Categories Gumbo
Time 8h24m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium heat heat the oil. Add the next 4 ingredients (onion - garlic), cover and cook for 5 minutes or until vegetables are softened.
- Transfer vegetables to crockpot.
- Add next 7 ingredients (vegetable broth - pepper). Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Stir in Tabasco and liquid smoke.
- Divide rice into soup bowls and top with gumbo.
Tips:
- Choose the right type of sausage for your gumbo. Andouille sausage is a classic choice, but you can also use kielbasa, smoked sausage, or even chicken sausage.
- Don't be afraid to experiment with different vegetables. The holy trinity of onions, celery, and bell peppers is a great starting point, but you can also add okra, corn, tomatoes, or even greens.
- Use a good quality stock. The stock is the base of your gumbo, so it's important to use a good one. You can use chicken stock, vegetable stock, or even seafood stock.
- Don't overcook the seafood. Seafood cooks quickly, so it's important to add it to the gumbo towards the end of the cooking time.
- Serve your gumbo with rice. Rice is the traditional accompaniment to gumbo, but you can also serve it with pasta, potatoes, or even bread.
Conclusion:
Gumbo is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With its rich flavors and hearty ingredients, gumbo is a perfect meal for any occasion. Whether you're serving it at a party or enjoying it as a family meal, gumbo is sure to be a hit.
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