Name: New Orleans Gumbo Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ½ cup butter; ½ cup all purpose flour; 1 cup yellow onion; 1 green bell pepper; 1 cup celery; 3 cloves garlic; 4 cups chicken broth; 15 oz tomatoes; 8 oz tomato sauce; 2 bay leaves; 1 tbsp cajun seasoning; 1 tsp kosher salt; 12 oz okra; 2 tsp oil; 12 oz Andouille sausage; 1 lb raw shrimp; 4 Scallions; basmati rice

New Orleans Gumbo Recipe

How To Make New Orleans Gumbo

Take yourself right at the heart of New Orleans with this gumbo recipe. It’s loaded with plump shrimps, sausages, and gooey okra for Creole goodness.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 40 minutes

Total: 1 hour 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

½cupbutter
½cupall purpose flour
1cupyellow onion,chopped
1green bell pepper,chopped
1cupcelery,chopped
3garlic cloves
4cupschicken broth
15oztomatoes,(1 can), diced
8oztomato sauce
2bay leaves
1tbspCajun seasoning,without salt
1tspkosher salt
12ozokra,fresh or frozen, sliced ½-inch thick
2tspoil
12ozandouille sausage,sliced into ½-inch pieces
1lbraw shrimp,peeled, deveined
4scallions,sliced
basmati rice,cooked

Instructions

Heat butter over medium-low heat in a large deep pot. When melted, whisk in the flour a little at a time, then continue to cook for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring constantly, until as dark as chocolate.
Add the onions, peppers, and celery and cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until softened. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
Stir in the chicken broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, bay leaves, Cajun seasoning, and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 45 minutes. Add the okra and simmer another 10 minutes.
Heat a skillet with oil over medium high heat and cook the sausage for 2 to 3 minutes per side.
Stir the sausage and raw shrimp into the gumbo and simmer another 4 to 5 minutes or until shrimp is pink and cooked through.
Serve over white rice and garnish with scallions, and enjoy!