New Orleans Gumbo Recipe
This New Orleans Gumbo recipe is made with spicy smoked andouille sausage, crab, shrimp, oysters, okra and vegetables, all served over steamed white rice.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 356kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound crawfish or shrimp
- ½ pound andouille sausage sliced
- 8 ounces fresh oysters
- ½ pound crab claws or small whole crabs
- 1 cup dark roux
- 4 cups seafood broth (fish, shrimp, crab, etc.)
- 1 green pepper diced
- 16 ounces okra sliced
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- ½ onion diced
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1-2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning to taste
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon gumbo file (optional)
- green onions for garnish
- white rice for serving
Instructions
- Heat the roux in a dutch oven over medium high heat.
- Add the diced green pepper and onion; cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the andouille sausage, seafood broth, Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes, bay leaf, sugar and Cajun seasoning and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add the okra and crab claws and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the shrimp/crawfish, oysters and gumbo file and simmer for 5 minutes, or until seafood is cooked through.
- Garnish with green onion and serve over rice.
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Notes
- Stir your roux constantly while making it to ensure it doesn't burn;
- Add the seafood broth slowly while stirring - this helps keep lumps from forming and aids in a uniform, rich soup/stew;
- Crawfish or shrimp can be used in this recipe - a mixture of both works incredibly well;
- I buy cut up crabs, but any crab pieces will work, as long as it is crab in the shell. The juices from the shelled crab is what adds flavor to the gumbo;
- I highly recommend only using fresh oysters. Canned oysters do not impart the same flavor. If you can't get fresh, I would just leave the oysters out;
- If you absolutely can't find Andouille sausage, any spicy smoked sausage can be substituted.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 356kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 205mg | Sodium: 1253mg | Potassium: 507mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1952IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 155mg | Iron: 3mg