Everything Gumbo for Planet Gumbo
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Gumbo Recipes and Gumbo History
Gumbo is a thick stew or soup and a very popular Cajun dish that had origins in Louisiana. This Creole soup or stew often made with tomatoes, okra, meats, seafood, vegetables and some kind of thickening agent. It is often served over rice.
According to Wikipedia, Gumbos can be divided into three main categories: those thickened with okra, those thickened with file powder, and those thickened exclusively with roux. Gumbo recipes often take on a regional difference particularly with the type of meat used.
Everything Gumbo is being made as a lens to benefit Planet Gumbo, a Non-Profit Foundation, Planet Gumbo and their "Planeteers" provide hope and sustenance to folks in need by feeding the needy--body and soul.
Image Source: FoeOpoooey. Gumbo. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
According to Wikipedia, Gumbos can be divided into three main categories: those thickened with okra, those thickened with file powder, and those thickened exclusively with roux. Gumbo recipes often take on a regional difference particularly with the type of meat used.
Everything Gumbo is being made as a lens to benefit Planet Gumbo, a Non-Profit Foundation, Planet Gumbo and their "Planeteers" provide hope and sustenance to folks in need by feeding the needy--body and soul.
Image Source: FoeOpoooey. Gumbo. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
An Easy Chicken Gumbo Recipe
Ingredients:- 5 1/2 lb chicken pieces (drumsticks, thighs, and breast halves with skin and bones)
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 lb andouille* or other spicy smoked pork sausage, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
3 medium onions, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cups chicken stock or broth
1 1/2 cups water
1 (14- to 16-oz) can whole tomatoes in juice, drained and chopped
1/4 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
2 1/2 cups long-grain white rice, rinsed and drained well
1 cup thinly sliced scallion greens
Rinse and dry chicken then season with pepper and salt. Heat a couple tablespoons oil in a skillet over moderately high heat until the oil hot but not smoking and brown the chicken.
Turn down the heat and brown sausage. Drain the fat from the sausage by placing it on a paper towel.
Using the some of the fat from browning the sausage cook onions, celery, and bell peppers, until onions are brown and soft.
Add garlic last as it will burn and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add 1 cup stock and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
Transfer mixture to a wide 8-quart heavy pot and add chicken, water, tomatoes, cayenne (if using), and remaining cup stock. Simmer, partially covered, until chicken is tender, about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 325°F.
Transfer chicken with tongs to a clean bowl and measure cooking liquid with vegetables, adding additional water as necessary to measure 7 cups. If over 7 cups, boil to reduce.
Stir rice into cooking liquid (in pot). Arrange chicken over rice (do not stir), then bring to a boil over high heat, uncovered, without stirring.
Bake, covered, in middle of oven until rice is tender and most of liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes.
Remove from heat and let jambalaya stand, covered, 10 minutes. Gently stir in scallion greens, sausage, and salt to taste.
Source: Easy Chicken Gumbo. Gumbo City.
Image Source: Sara Roahen for Southern Foodways Alliance. Chicken and Andouille gumbo. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
Gumbo Recipes and Etouffee recipes
Links to a couple of great websites with Gumbo recipes.
- Gumbo Recipes and etouffee recipes
- Gumbo Recipes and Etouffee recipes, too.
- Gumbo Recipes
- A collection of recipes from Gumbo City.
Winner of the Hungry Squidz Choice Award
I am honored that the Everything Gumbo for Planet Gumbo lens was selected as a recipient of the Hungry Squidz Choice Award.Here is part of what Susan wrote in the Hungry Squidz blog:
- Today's Hungry Squidz Award winner is Kirsti Dyer, lensmaster Comfortdoc, for her lens Everything Gumbo for Planet Gumbo. Now, there are at least two things really special about this lens. One is the gumbo recipes. There are the simple, quick gumbo recipes and there are the traditional gumbo recipes. Take it from this gumbo fan, if you haven't tried this traditional Louisiana comfort food, you must. The printed recipes are on the lens, along with video to help show you the how-to of making great gumbo!
The second special thing about this lens is that it was made to support the November "A Month of Thanks" charity lens challenge, sponsored by the Squidoo Activists for Charity. If you know anything at all about Kirsti, you know she is on fire for giving. She created this contest to give lensmasters a chance to be thankful while raising awareness about hunger by making lenses to benefit hunger-related Squidoo charities. It's not too late for you to enter the competition; find out how on Kirsti's Month of Thanks lens.
More about The Hungry Squidz Award
- Gumbo and Giving
- The blog post announcing the award in The Hungry Squidz blog.
- Hungry Squidz Choice Awards
- The Hungry Squidz is a blog where a group of Giant Squid lensmasters who love cooking and good food share their best recipes.
Traditional Cajun Gumbo on YouTube
Fantastic Food with Scott Hargrove at http://www.scotthargrove.blogspot.com
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New Orleans by the Bowl: Gumbos, Jambalayas, Soups and Stews in the Amazon Spotlight
New Orleans by the Bowl: Gumbos, Jambalayas, Soups, and Stews
Amazon Price: $23.77 (as of 05/30/2012)
New Orleans by the Bowl includes 75 homespun recipes from one of the French Quarter's most famous restaurants, House of Seafood.
Recipes include gumbos, jambalayas, soups and stew that exemplify the bold, improvisational nature of Louisiana cooking.
The Sauce Boss's Gumbo Recipe
Ingredients:- 2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups oil
1 chicken, cooked and de-boned
1 gallon of chicken stock
2 large onions
2 large green peppers
1/2 cup LIQUID SUMMER HOT SAUCE
1 pound smoked sausage
2 medium zucchini
1 pound okra
1 pound of shrimp
1 pint of oysters
1 pound of crawdads
Make a roux: mix 2 cups of flour into 1 1/2 cups hot oil. Cook on high, stirring constantly until brown.
Add the chicken, chicken stock, onions, and green peppers. Bring to a boil, then simmer down.
Add salt to taste and 1/2 cup of BILL WHARTON'S LIQUID SUMMER HOT SAUCE.
Slice and add: 1 pound of smoked sausage, 2 medium zucchini, and 1 pound of okra.
When the okra is done, bring the gumbo to a rolling boil and add shrimp, oysters, and crawdads.
Cook for 3 minutes, or until shrimp are just barely cooked.
Serve over rice and splash with more Liquid Summer Hot Sauce.
Source: The Sauce Boss Gumbo. The Sauce Boss.
A Super Simple Gumbo on YouTube
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The Little Gumbo Book in the Amazon Spotlight
The Little Gumbo Book: Twenty-Seven Carefully Created Recipes That Will Enable Everyone to Enjoy the Special Experience of Gumbo
Amazon Price: $5.48 (as of 05/30/2012)
The Little Gumbo Book contains a step-by-step gumbo recipe which provides detailed instructions that will enable anyone to create a great pot of gumbo.
The book also utilizes convenient microwaves, time-freeing crock pots, and dependable iron pots for preparing such delectable recipes as "Catfish Gumbo," low-calorie "Lean and Mean Chicken Gumbo," as well as "Crowd Pleasing Gumbo" for impressing a party of fifty.
New Orleans Cajun Justin WilsonChicken and Andouille Gumbo on YouTube
New Orleans Cajun Justin Wilson tells us how to make Chicken and Andouille Gumbo.
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Holy Trininty of Cajun Cooking
Cajun Trinity = Onions + Bell Pepper + CeleryA lot of the dishes use onions (Properly pronounced "aw-yaw"), bell pepper and celery, usually sauteed together.
This combination is known as the "Trinity" or "Cajun Trinity" and may be referred to as such in some recipes.
Source: Michael Dye. Cajun Food.
Image Source: FoeOpoooey. Chicken Stock & the Cajun Trinity. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
Cajun Trinity
The Cajun Trinity is a combination of chopped green peppers, celery and onions.
Image Source: Lance Kidwell. Cajun Trinity. Royalty Free Use.
"G" is for Gumbo Charm in the Amazon Spotlight
Sterling Silver "G is for Gumbo" Charm
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 05/30/2012)
You can wear a Gumbo charm while cooking and eating your gumbo.
This sterling silver charm is an Adler's New Orleans Exclusive from Louisiana Artist Jose Balli.
The jump ring will fits a standard charm bracelet or can be worn as a pendant on a chain.
Easy Vegan Gumbo
An Easy Vegan Gumbo
One frozen bag of gumbo vegetables
One can Veggie broth
Cayenne Pepper
Cumin
Chili Powder
Pepper
Mix vegetables with Veggie broth.
Add cayenne pepper, cumin, chili powder, and pepper to taste.
Image: Carol. Gumbo!Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
Vegetarian Gumbo Recipes - Green Gumbo
- Vegetarian Gumbo Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- A vegetarian gumbo recipe taught to me by my friend and neighbor Kim. A rich and delicious gumbo served over rice, and just before serving, eggs are poached in the simmering gravy.
- Quick Vegetarian Gumbo | WholeFoodsMarket.com
- Whole Foods Market is the world's largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with stores throughout North America and the United Kingdom
- Gumbo (vegetarian) Ingredients
- Gumbo (vegetarian) recipe: The secret to fantastic gumbo is cooking the roux until it is the color of a copper penny. This is also very good with vegetarian bratwurst (smoked
- Vegetarian Recipes: Vegetarian Gumbo
- This New Orleans style vegetarian gumbo is the absolute lagniappe.
- Louisiana Vegetarian Gumbo Recipe
- Gumbo calls Louisiana home, but you can make a vegetarian vegetable gumbo at your home and bring a bit of the old south into your kitchen. This vegetarian vegetable gumbo recipe has the traditional celery, onions, and bell peppers as well as tomatoes and okra, making this a Creole style vegetarian g
- Vegetarian Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
- A look at turning Gumbo, a typical New Orleans cuisine low on cholesterol and meatless meat from the Two Bites in Suburbia blog.
- Gumbo z'Herbes - Geen Gumbo
- Gumbo Z'Herbes or "green gumbo" was usually made on Holy Thursday for consumption on Good Friday. Since Good Friday was (and still is) a day of fasting and abstinence from meat for Catholics.
More Books with Gumbo Recipes on Amazon
A Collection of Judy's Gumbo Photos on Flickr
This collection of Creative Commons images showing the makings of Gumbo is from foeOpoooey.
Links for Gumbo Recipes
- Gumbo Recipes
- Gumbo recipes like Andouille sausage and shrimp recipe that make gumbo simple. Easy one pot gumbo meals you can build upon. | Chicken Gumbo | Roux | Seafood ...
- Gumbo Recipes - Gumbo Recipes and Basic Roux
- Gumbo recipes and information for this hearty Louisiana soup, including seafood and chicken gumbo recipes. Several gumbo recipes and instructions for basic ...
- Gumbo Recipes and Techniques
- Gumbo recipes and information, including recipes for catfish gumbo and other delicious soups.
- A Good Gumbo Recipe!
- Oct 26, 2007 ... A Good Gumbo Recipe! ... I am going to give you my gumbo recipe. ... Here is the recipe and Bon Apetit. Creole Gumbo ...
- Gumbo Recipes
- Gumbo roux recipe shared with me years ago by a cajun coworker. .... new Gumbo recipe reviews. reviewer avatar. Review From: Chef #814142. On Oct 30, 2008 ...
- Gumbo Recipes like Recipes
- Gumbo Recipes like Recipes. ... Cajun Andouille Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo recipe rating (2 reviews) ... Chicken & Sausage Gumbo recipe rating (1 reviews) ...
- Seafood Gumbo Recipe
- Also Check out our other gumbo recipes for Smoked Duck and Andouille Gumbo and ... This recipe won several times at the Jean Laffite Seafood Festival Gumbo ...
- Seafood Gumbo, New Orleans Style, Soup Recipe
- Leo Neil of Crosby, Texas generously shared this fantastic New Orleans Gumbo recipe with me. Leo says, "I'm very passionate about New Orleans traditional ...
- New Orleans CAJUN FOOD RECIPES! Gumbo,Jambalaya,Crwfish,Sausage ...
- Cajun and Creole Recipes from New Orleans! Enjoy these recipes donated by our fellow netsurfers, displaced cajuns, and native New Orleanians!
- New Orleans Cuisine: Chicken & Andouille Gumbo Recipe
- Mar 31, 2005 ... Can't wait to try some of the recipes. Now my question. In the Chicken& Andouille Gumbo recipe you say to, "Add...3/4 of the Holy Trinity. ...
- Creole/Cajun: Gumbos, Bisques & Soups
- I'll include a few gumbo recipes here among some other fabulous, classic Louisiana soups and soups from other cuisines that I've come across and loved. ...
- Gumbo du Monde
- This is by no means a "definitive" gumbo recipe. There are an almost infinite number of ways of making gumbo, but this is the way I make it.
- Real Cajun Recipes : : Gumbo Making 101
- Nov 3, 2003 ... RealCajunRecipes.com: Over 1000 Authentic Cajun Recipes from Authentic Louisiana Families. Find out how Acadiana cooks Gumbo, Etoufee, ...
- Gumbo Recipe | Recipezaar
- Gumbo Recipe | Recipezaar - This is originally a shrimp gumbo recipe, but it's gumbo, so you can add whatever turns you on.
- Cooks.com - Recipes - Shrimp Gumbo
- CHICKEN & SHRIMP GUMBO-LAYA: This recipe is a quick way to prepare a great meal with a few leftovers. Add all ingredients into 4 quart pot. ...
- Cooks.com - Recipes - Shrimp Gumbo
- CHICKEN & SHRIMP GUMBO-LAYA: This recipe is a quick way to prepare a great meal with a few leftovers. Add all ingredients into 4 quart pot. ...
- Okra Stew (Fast Gumbo) - Recipe File - Cooking For Engineers
- Step by step recipe instructions for okra stew (fast gumbo) complete with photographs and reader comments and discussion.
- Gumbos and Etouffees
- Gumbo can be made from all types of meat, thus can be tailored to almost anyone's preferences. We have tried to include gumbo recipes to fit most anyone's taste.
Gumbo Tales in the Amazon Spotlight
Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table
Amazon Price: $5.53 (as of 05/30/2012)
With Gumbo Tales you can read about Gumbo while you are eating your Gumbo.
Author Sara Roahen has written a kind and humorous book on New Orleans food culture filled with human stories about food passion and connection, the region and its people.
More Gumbo Sites on Squidoo
There are a lot of other lenses about Gumbo on Squidoo.
Here are some of the best.
Here are some of the best.
- Cajun Recipes
- From a Creole lensmaster, born in the Deep South...New Orleans to be exact who had the good fortune of being taught the art of Cajun and creole cooking.
- Authentic Acadian Recipes From The Bayou
- There are thousands of recipes floating on the internet and some are good and some, well, not so good. These are a few of the originals that seem to have stood the test of time.
- Gumbo and Cajun Recipes
- This lens has a couple of gumbo recipes here but they are good bases for you to build from. Take these and add and delete till you come up with one that fits you.
- Shrimp Gumbo Recipes
- Watch people prepare shrimp gumbo using easy to follow recipes.
Bayou Classic Cast Iron Soup Pot in the Amazon Spotlight
Bayou Classic 7406, 6-Qt. Cast Iron Soup Pot with Cast Iron Lid
Amazon Price: $34.98 (as of 05/30/2012)
A 6-qt. Cajun style cast iron soup pot with cast iron lid would be a good place to mix up a batch of gumbo, jambalaya, or stew.
Size: 11 x 11 x 8.2 inches
Bayou Classic Cast Iron Soup Bowl in the Amazon Spotlight
Bayou Classic 7484, Cast Iron Soup Bowl, Set of 6
Amazon Price: (as of 05/30/2012)
A set of six heavy-duty cast iron soup bowls are ideal for serving your favorite gumbo, jambalaya, or stew.
Size: 11.2 x 6 x 6.8 inches
More Bowls for Gumbo Available on Amazon
Some colorful bowls to serve your Gumbo.
The Many Faces of Gumbo on Flickr
History of Gumbo
Gumbo is a full body and flavorful soup or stew, typically regarded as a Louisiana food. Gumbo is an all season food but typically is prominent around the winter months.Gumbo typically consists of two components, rice and broth. The Gumbo broth is typically made in large batches because of the time and effort needed to make it. Gumbo can be frozen or canned for later use. The Rice is made the day the Gumbo is served.
Gumbo has been called the greatest contribution of Louisiana kitchens to American cuisine. The dish has its origins in the meeting of cultures that occurred in Louisiana during the 18th century.
Regional Differences
Typically the recipes will have a theme based on the region that the gumbo is made.
Gulf States Gumbo seafood - crab, shrimp or crawfish
Mid West States Gumbo fowl based - duck, quail or chicken and sausages
Green Gumbo - Gumbo Aux Herbes or Gumbo Z'Herbes - a gumbo of greens thickened with roux.
Source: Gumbo City. What is Gumbo?
Image Source: Sara Roahen for Southern Foodways Alliance. Seafood Gumbo. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
Gumbo Spices Available on Amazon
Seafood Gumbo Framed Art Print
Image: Seafood Gumbo-Framed Art Print. Available on Amazon.
Gumbo in a Can Available on Amazon
Just in case you would prefer heating it up to cooking.
New Orleans Gumbo Print
Gumbo in a Box Available on Amazon
Just in case you would prefer heating it up to cooking.
The Latest Blog Posts about Gumbo Recipes
Great Gumbo Stuff on eBay
The Latest on Gumbo Recipes in the News
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JaguarJulie Oct 11, 2010 @ 5:04 pm | delete
- Don't you just love the name "Gumbo?" I like a meaty soup with personality and this one fits the bill.
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hlkljgk May 13, 2009 @ 3:20 pm | delete
- great recipes. thanks for the veg version, too! i featured this lens at Comfort Food Headquarters
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- I would love for you to submit this recipe lens to the Hungry Squidz Choice Group.
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lakeerieartists Jan 1, 2009 @ 6:02 pm | delete
- Excellent lens as usual. Welcome to the Comfort Food Group.
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KimGiancaterino Nov 10, 2008 @ 1:07 pm | delete
- Thank you for including vegetarinan gumbo. I love the spices and flavor combinations of New Orleans cuisine. Welcome to Culinary Favorites From A to Z.
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