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Nov
19
2007

How To Make A Gumbo at 1,700 Miles

Autumnal homesickness and flavor nostalgia convinced me to take extreme action last week, attempt as perfect of a gumbo as I could make, with bachelor-like kitchen resources and less-than-perfect ingredients. And so I did, and I captured it for anyone who's bored enough to be interested or simply won't belive me.

It was a dry-run of sorts as I've threatened to make it for various new yankee friends in hopes of giving them a little taste of Southern-stewed love. The recipe is a combination of my sister's, my mom's and a few techniques and secret ingredients I learned from a crazy Cajun a few years back. The result was as close to a perfect chicken & smoked sausage gumbo as I could hope to achieve this side of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Jealous, bitches?

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My one stew pot, bought many moons ago, finally put to use.


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Sauteed all the veggies...onion, fresh garlic, celery hearts, shallots..


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Smoked sausage & chicken stock. Yeah, the chicken broth = MY idea.


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This is called 'roux'.. Oil + flour + a lot of stirring and slightly burning equals 'Roux'.


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And this is what it looks like when you finish making it and set it aside. Nasty, right? But it makes up for the look.


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I did something decidedly NOT Cajun OR southern.. I experimented with "draining" the roux.. And look, it worked. It got rid of a lot of excess oil. The rest was later skimmed-out during the simmah.. Yeah, that's right, the SIMMAH..


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Simmah....


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Simmah sum mo'....


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Supper time! It isn't mom's or RJ's or home, but it's about as close to perfection as I could get, from 1,784 miles away.


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