Gumbo with Shrimp and Sausage
Equipment
- a big pot
- A little pot
- Cutting board
- Chef knife
- Bowls or plates for mise en place
Ingredients
Roux
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour if you like a thicker base then add more flour (1/4 C- 1/2c)
Gumbo
- 2 diced pepper color doesn’t make that much of a difference in this dish, I switch up from yellow, green and red. I go with what is cheapest
- 1 medium onion diced
- 3 stalks celery diced
- 6 cloves garlic diced
- 3 bay leaves
- 5 links Andouille Sausage I do an entire package, sometimes I add more. If you don’t like spicy you can change the type of sausage
- 1 tbsp Cajun I prefer the Creole Seasoning brand
- 16 oz Chicken broth I do the low sodium
- 14.5 oz stewed tomatoes or 1 can
- 1 1/2 pounds raw peeled shrimp take the tails off before adding it in (you can add more at a later time just give it about 15 minutes to cook)
- 2 tsp Gumbo Filé all purpose spice is an okay substitute
Instructions
- start with Mise en place your ingredients. Meaning get everything diced and ready to go before you begin
Roux
- In a large pot, or Dutch oven, start with pouring the vegetable oil and flour in on a medium heat. Continuesly stir for 3-5 minutes until it’s a thicker consistency. If you want your end result to be more like a broth consistency you will want to add more flour
Gumbo
- Add the onions, peppers, and celery. Cook for 8- 10 minutes, continue to stir so they don’t stick to the bottom
- Add the garlic, sausage and bay leaves. Stir for 2 minutes
- Add the chicken broth, and stewed tomatoes, Bring it to a simmer before lowering the heat to a medium to low. Allow it so Simmer for 15 minutes covered.
- Add the shrimp, Gumbo Filé and Cajun seasoning. If you don’t like spicy you don’t need to add a lot allow it to simmer for 15 minutes
- In the other pot, cook rice or quinoa per directions. We prefer Quinoa but rice is popular and traditional in Lousiana.
- Remove bay leaves before serving
Notes
Some don't like a lot of spice, omit the File.
Gumbo is versatile, you can change up the shrimp, and sausage and add chicken or more vegetables.