The Gumbo is on...

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

anyone want some?

 

[Southern4sure]

anyone want some?

Seafood or chicken? I like both....

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

chicken. I'm awful at making seafood gumbo. I usually leave that to my aunt.

 

[noseybuddy]

I've never tried it. Don't know if I would like it.

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

mmm, nosey--it's so good. Are you a soup lover?

 

[Southern4sure]

I've never tried it. Don't know if I would like it.

Gumbo if made right is awesome.

 

[LisaNJ25]

Care to share your recipe

 

[Free4Life11]

I don't think I've ever had gumbo. What exactly is it? For some reason, I always think of guacamole when people say gumbo.

 

[parrothead365]

Count me in. I love gumbo. Everytime I hear this tune I want some.



I don't smoke, I don't shoot smack
But I got a spicy monkey ridin' on my back.
Don't eat beignets, too much sugar and dough,
But I will play for gumbo
Yes, I will play for gumbo

It started at my Grandma's kitchen by the sea,
She warned me when she told me "son the first one's free"
It hit me like a rock or some Taikwondo,
Cause I will play for gumbo
Oh yea, I will play for gumbo.

[Chorus:]
A piece of French bread
With which to wipe my bowl,
Good for the body.
Good for the soul.
It's a little like religion
And a lot like sex.
You should never know
When you're gonna get it next.
At midnight in the quarter or noon in Thibadeaux
I will play for gumbo
Yes, I will play for gumbo.

I'm not talkin' quesadillas or a dozen Krispy Kremes,
Or a pound of caviar that's a rich man's dream.
No banana split or fillet of pompano.
No, I will play for gumbo,
Yeah, I will play for gumbo

[Chorus]

Maybe it's the sausage or those pretty pink shrimp
Or that popcorn rice that makes me blow up like a blimp.
Maybe it's that voodoo from Marie Leveaux,
But I will play for gumbo
Yeah, I will play for gumbo

The sauce boss does his cookin' on the stage,
Stirrin' and a singing for his nightly wage.
Sweating and frettin' from his head to his toe,
Playin' and swayin' with the gumbo
Prayin' and buffetin' with the gumbo


Jimmy Buffett

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

Well, first you make a roux (to you northerners, it's flour browned in oil--and mine is bacon grease--until it's a dark chocolate color)...

Then you add a chopped onion, a chopped bell pepper, and a stalk of chopped celery (that's what we call the trinity)...
and cook until they wilt.

Then you add a couple of chopped chicken breasts, a package of okra, a few green onions; chopped, sliced, and browned polska kiolbassa or smoked sausage, and some parsley. Then add a bay leaf.

Simmer on the stovetop for 3-4 hours; serve over cooked rice with some homemade rolls or french bread...yummy...

 

[Southern4sure]

Mine is alittle different

1 whole cut up chicken (makes a big pot) and cover with water, add salt and pepper and about 5-7 bay leaves. Boil till chicken is tender. Take out the chicken and debone when cool to the touch. I add 1 frozen bag of cut okra (16 oz I think), 1 can of rotel tomatoes (I use mild), 1 can of diced tomatoes, medium yellow onion finely chopped, 3 stalks of celery finely chopped and bring to a boil. Make your roux (while your soup is coming to a boil)..the darker the better in flavor, I use real butter and flour. (the size pot you make depends on the about of roux you need). Begin with 1/3 cup of butter and 1/3 cup of all purpose flour, melt butter on med. heat then add your flour whisk continuously until brown. This needs to be on the thin side not pasty..add more butter if needed. Once your acheive your brown color, add to the boiling pot. Be careful, this will splatter at first because the roux is HOT. Mix well to dissolve the roux, turn down the heat to a simmer and add your deboned chicken.

I serve this over rice with crackers or a crusty bread. Served plain is good too...rice just stretches it. This freezes well also.

If you like a thicker soup, make more roux, just keep in mind your soup needs to be boiling when you add the roux.

 

[MinnieM3]

Hmmmm I hate gumbo..... BUT my only knowledge of gumbo is my mom's recipe (sorry mom) of okra and veggies and nohting else and I hate okra, so I hated gumbo. Now I like jambalaya and stuff like that, but NO OKRA!

(I also hate grits...... I'm the only Southerner I think who hate okra and grits!)

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

LOL S4S, it'll be a dark day when I boil and debone a chicken!

In my family, we don't add tomatos to chicken gumbo, only seafood gumbo. Where do you live?

 

[noseybuddy]

mmm, nosey--it's so good. Are you a soup lover?

Yes, I like soup.

 

[snappy]

I make a pretty good roux in the microwave too.

 

[Southern4sure]

LOL S4S, it'll be a dark day when I boil and debone a chicken!

In my family, we don't add tomatos to chicken gumbo, only seafood gumbo. Where do you live?

Im originally from the Southern tip of Alabama....but now I live in central FL

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

I make a pretty good roux in the microwave too.

How do you make a roux in the microwave?