Gumbo (southern style)
Gumbo (southern style)

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Gumbo (southern style) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Gumbo (southern style) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Even now we still receive frequent requests for reprints of the recipe. Some people may think that gumbo is slang for throw all the seafood in and then add some okra and the kitchen sink, but a great Southern gumbo is an exercise in delicacy, balance, and restraint—with just the right amount of flair and heat thrown in. Gumbo is a key part of Louisiana cooking, and there are many great ways to put it together and get it on the table. Bring the water and beef bouillon cubes to a boil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have gumbo (southern style) using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Gumbo (southern style):
  1. Get 1 fat hen
  2. Get 1 small ham hock
  3. Take 1 large onion
  4. Prepare 1 large can tomatoes
  5. Make ready Salt
  6. Prepare Pepper
  7. Make ready Celery salt
  8. Make ready 2 tablespoons butter
  9. Get 1 pint chopped oysters
  10. Get 1 cup okra
  11. Get 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  12. Prepare 2 tablespoons flour thickening
  13. Make ready Onion seasoning
  14. Take Paprika

With ordinary ingredients, the right seasonings, and patience, the results are extraordinary. The secrets to a good gumbo aren't anything fancy either, but if you take the time to do them right, your gumbo will be just as good as the ones served in New Orleans. Some opt for seafood, others for chicken and andouille. For this recipe, we chose to fill the gumbo with heady seafood ingredients such as fresh crabmeat, shrimp, and oysters.

Steps to make Gumbo (southern style):
  1. Slowly boil hen and ham hock together in 3 quarts water
  2. When done take out chicken let cool cut up breast in diced pieces(remove ham hock from stock)
  3. ( fry large slice of ham cut in very small pieces
  4. Skim all fat from stock
  5. Fry onion light brown pour tomatoes in skillet with onion cook 15 minutes
  6. Add stock
  7. Season with salt and pepper
  8. Put tomatoes diced chicken finely cut ham
  9. In stock let cook slowly
  10. Add pint chopped oysters (or same amount of crab meat or shrimp finely cut) okra and flour thickening
  11. Serve with steamed rice

Some opt for seafood, others for chicken and andouille. For this recipe, we chose to fill the gumbo with heady seafood ingredients such as fresh crabmeat, shrimp, and oysters. I also added gumbo file and okra bc that just seemed like a no brained and skipped the beer bc it didn't seem authentic to me, I dunno. Place the chicken and water in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. In addition to the turkey's, hams, and roasts - during the holidays you can always count on us making some good southern style gumbo as well.

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