Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mamma's seafood gumbo. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mamma's seafood gumbo using 18 ingredients and 30 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mamma's Seafood Gumbo:
- Prepare 5 sticks celery
- Prepare 1 bell pepper
- Prepare 1 yellow onion
- Get 1 packages Chappell Hill sausage
- Take 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- Get 2 lbs shrimp
- Take 3 lbs gumbo crabs
- Get 12 oz crawfish tails
- Make ready 1/2 cup flour
- Make ready 6 chicken thighs
- Make ready 3 chicken bouillon cubes
- Take 7 tbsp gumbo filé
- Make ready garlic powder
- Make ready chicken rub
- Prepare 1 jar bay leaves
- Prepare regular salt
- Make ready seasoned salt
- Take 4 cups rice
Instructions to make Mamma's Seafood Gumbo:
- Start of chicken prep: Cut 6 chicken breasts into small- to medium-sized chunks. Be sure to cut away fat. Rinse in cold water.
- Season chicken chunks with Chicken Rub.
- Place chicken in pot filled with 7 cups of water. Add 3 cubes of chicken bouillon. Bring to boil with medium heat on stovetop (degrees may vary based on stovetop). Add garlic powder and stir; season to taste. Cook for 30 minutes. End of chicken prep.
- Start of roux prep: Clean 5 sticks of celery in cold water. Cut roots and leaves.
- Grind celery in food processor, blender, or by hand (your preference).
- Remove stem and seeds from bell pepper. Rinse in cold water.
- Grind bell pepper in food processor, blender, or by hand (your preference). Mix in with celery.
- Remove outer skin of yellow onion. Cut onion in half (use only one half).
- Grind onion. Mix in with celery and bell pepper.
- Chop 2 cups of okra and add to blender with other vegetables
- Add four (4) tablespoons of unsalted butter to skillet. Throw chopped vegetables to skillet to medium heat.
- Crush 10 Bay Leaves with hand. Add leaves to vegetables; stir in.
- Add 4 tablespoons of gumbo filé to vegetables; stir in.
- Add 1/2 cups of flour to vegetables; stir in.
- Add 1 cup of chicken broth from boiled chicken to vegetables; stir in. Cook for a total of 15 minutes. End of roux prep.
- Start of combining ingredients: Transfer chicken (with broth) and roux to stock pot; stir together.
- Add 6 WHOLE Bay leaves to pot.
- Add seasoned salt to taste.
- Add 1.5 teaspoons of salt to pot.
- Reduce heat to medium-low after 10 minutes.
- Cut Chappell Hill sausage link into thin individual pieces. Add to pot.
- Rinse ice from crabs with cold water. Add to pot.
- Rinse shrimp with cold water to remove ice. Add to pot.
- Add Crawfish tails to pot (if they're frozen blocks, that's ok; they will melt down).
- Cook ingredients in stock pot for 1 hour and 30 minutes on medium-high heat. End of combining ingredients.
- Start of rice prep: Add 8 cups of water to a pot. Add 1 tablespoon of margarine. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Bring to boil over medium-high heat.
- Rinse 4 cups of rice with cold water for 30 seconds. Add to boiling water. Stir once. Reduce heat to medium after 5 minutes. Reduce to low heat after 15 minutes. Cook til water evaporates and rice is soft; approximately 20 minutes. End of rice prep.
- Serve gumbo over rice and enjoy!
- BONUS 1: If you desire a stronger gumbo taste, mix in more gumbo filé until satisfied.
- BONUS 2: If you desire a more "gooey" texture, add about 1/2 pound of thinly sliced ocra to the roux.
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