Poultry (we use chicken), pork (smoked sausage), seafood (shrimp), broth, roux, onions, file powder. Rice.
Our roux is simple, and blonde. I suspect this is because grandma had six kids. Ain't nobody got time for that.
I do not apologize.
"Everyone's favorite gumbo is the one their mother makes."
View original postA roux is just flour, fat, and water. But obviously you add things as you like.
View original postIf you don't want to go through making the roux you can just use something like Tony Chachere's instant roux. Won't be as good, but it's a hell of a lot easier. Roux is easy to burn.
What's your favourite food?
- 29/01/2015 12:27:37 PM
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Gumbo
- 29/01/2015 03:08:39 PM
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Looks good.
- 29/01/2015 06:05:00 PM
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I don't know what you just linked is, but it's not a gumbo. Looks almost like an etouffee.
- 29/01/2015 06:26:08 PM
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That looks delicious.
- 29/01/2015 07:02:03 PM
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The ingredients of a basic etouffee are pretty simple. You can use shrimp in place of crawfish. *NM*
- 30/01/2015 12:43:24 AM
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good lord. My grandmother's gumbo has... less than ten ingredients, counting salt and pepper.
- 30/01/2015 09:23:27 PM
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The only things I'd demand would be onion, bell pepper, celery, okra, seafood, stock, and the roux.
- 30/01/2015 09:38:19 PM
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some of those gross me out.
- 30/01/2015 09:48:55 PM
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- 30/01/2015 09:48:55 PM
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Blonde roux in a gumbo distresses me.
*NM*
- 30/01/2015 09:51:50 PM
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*NM*
- 30/01/2015 09:51:50 PM
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it is so delicious.
- 30/01/2015 10:03:56 PM
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but that is part of what makes so special
- 31/01/2015 02:22:02 AM
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alright, rafo meet up in Texas. I'll show you how it can be awesome in under three hours.
- 31/01/2015 09:17:06 AM
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- 31/01/2015 09:17:06 AM
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Bread and cheese.
- 29/01/2015 07:09:34 PM
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