gumbo.. its finally time!

haha gumbo for breakfast brings back so many early 20's single memories

 

There is no bad time for gumbo, and with most having a slight nip in the air....... The only bad gumbo is the one you run out of.

I really like smoked chicken and sausage gumbo. Its just such a rich and satisfying flavor.

<chuckles> I had left-over gumbo today for lunch.

It looks like you made enough to make some friends too.

Its Looks great man!

 

Oh yes.....Hubby wanted chili yesterday....sigh.  I want GUMBO!!!!

Gumbo is great anytime of the day!

Kat

 

yeah it will be just fine once you put it in with some rice

 

To thicken there is a lot of ways. You can add okra, add more roux.

Most chefs will bake off a roux seperate for gumbo and then add it to the ingredients boiling in water during the cooling process. Just never similars. Roux to water or water to roux must always be opposites as hot to cold or cold to hot. Hot to hot breaks the roux and gives a grainy taste, and I guess cold to cold can't work for obvious reasons...LOL

So just pull out a cast iron skillet, make a roux let it cool and then stir it into the hot gumbo. Remember a roux has not reached it full thickening capacity until its reached its boiling point.

If you go with okra, slide in a little tomato also. The two just go together, like peas and carrots. Then add a small pinch of sugar to offset the tomatoes acid. Not even a 1/2 teaspoon , a for real pinch.

Last but definately not least, don't burn your tongue silly! LOL

 

Gumbo for breakfast? You, sir, are my hero.

Disco

 

Looks great mike, Love the detail on the recipe and need to try this, A little confused on the third + though and am requesting just a hair more detail on that one!

 

There's an episode of "Good Eats" where Alton's focus is gumbo. One of his topics is a brick roux. He says it doesn't add any thickening but it does add tons of flavor. I have yet to try this since watching the episode but am curious what everyone's thoughts are about brick roux.

 

A rule of thumb is that the lighter the color of the roux, the greater it's thickening power. A lighter roux also has much less flavor than darker rouxs. A brick roux, the color of a dark red brick, is a tiny step away from being burnt (ruined) has a deep nutty flavor and no thickening power to speak of.

 

Ahhhh Mikey...you will be 'da man' of the hour with your bar chums. It looks awesome and gumbo is good anytime as they said. As far as the consistency, isn't the age old question 'Gumbo, is it a soup or is it a stew?'. I prefer mine a tad thicker than soup but not thick like a chowder. Regardless, like pizza and sex there really is no 'bad' gumbo. I always saved the smoked turkey carcass from Thanksgiving to make at least a gallon + of stock for my batch of leftover turkey gumbo. It's a great way to maximize mileage out of the bird and get rid of all those scraps of turkey floating around in the fridge and the smoky flavor and aroma is heavenly wafting through the house.....Willie

 

Dis1 is right on about the thickening power, you have to adjust the roux amount you make by the color that you intend. Its sort of funny around here that most that like darker rouxs like thinner gumbos usually because that is how Momma made it for 'em.

Also the potato salad in the gumbo, it was originally a regional thing. But now most of the finer resturants do it. The potato salad really is good with the gumbo, although I never though of it as a thickening agent. Clever useage there Eman. I was in my 30's the first time I ever saw a potato salad scoop on the side of a gumbo bowl and a childhood friend had to convience me to try it at that. LOL

To me the Culinary Arts have really taken off the last 15/20 years. People are becoming more creative and learning more about the interactions of foods. We see more Chefs and less hash throwers, more resturants and less greasy spoons. We see more chefs learning what the greasy spoons were really selling and how to make it even better.

Anyway......  We want to know, did ya have any left overs Webowabo? Did ya make 'em all happy, did ya add extra salt to sell more beer? LOL J/K

 

Hey Mikey,

I'm sorry that I missed this post from the weekend! It looks awesome, and great pictures too!!

Thanks for sharing!!
Clarissa