Gumbo
I will be making gumbo for the first time at work for some co-workers. Here is the base recipe I was thinking of using. I was thinking of adding chicken and okra to the recipe. Any changes or rec...
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Big Katuna wrote:
As another poster said, the African word for Okra is Gumbo.
If it doesn't have Okra in it its soup, not Gumbo.
And Roux can be Blonde, too.
I make Roux in the oven. Cast iron Dutch oven, a cup of flour , cup of canola, 350 for 90 minutes, scraping and stirring every 15 minutes. Finish on stove top 5 minutes stirring on low. Alton Brown taught me.
I don't think it will go over good if you come down here and call our gumbo soup because it has no Okra. We love an okra gumbo just as much as one without okra. Actually, we think a New Orleans gumbo is a soup.
