Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo

Name: Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 **** every southern family has a recipe for gumbo. This is just ours. Any kind of meat can be used in it but we generally just do chicken, but my brothers friends wanted shrimp in it.!!!; 1 **** GUMBO is African for okra .... so true gumbo is an okra stew.; 1/4 cup veggie oil or bacon drippings; 3 tbsp flour; 2 chicken thigh (because of fat content); 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1/2 large onion; 1 clove garlic (1tsp minced); 10 cup water; 2 stalks celery minced; 15 medium shrimp (raw deviened, tail removed); 1 large can diced or crushed tomatoes; 1 can rotel (tomatoes with green chilis).. drain the liquid and use the tomatoes and chilis.... the liquid holds a lot of heat..... w/o liquid is mild; 1 clove garlic (1 tsp minced); 1/2 large onion; 1 1/2 tbsp gumbo file; 1 1/2 cup cooked rice (we add ours to the gumbo, but some people serve it on the side); 1 1/2 cup frozen sliced okra

MsKipper @MsKipper

Every southern family has a recipe for gumbo. So you may have seen anotger reciipe with other ingredients..... This is just ours. Old Gumbo recipes usual are passed down orally...

MsKipper @MsKipper

Every southern family has a recipe for gumbo. So you may have seen anotger reciipe with other ingredients..... This is just ours. Old Gumbo recipes usual are passed down orally...

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 mins

12 servings

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1**** every southern family has a recipe for gumbo. This is just ours. Any kind of meat can be used in it but we generally just do chicken, but my brothers friends wanted shrimp in it.!!!
1**** GUMBO is African for okra .... so true gumbo is an okra stew.
ROUX
1/4 cupveggie oil or bacon drippings
3 tbspflour
BROTH
2chicken thigh (because of fat content)
2 tspsalt
1 tspblack pepper
1/2 largeonion
1 clovegarlic (1tsp minced)
10 cupwater
2stalks celery minced
Gumbo ingredients
15 mediumshrimp (raw deviened, tail removed)
1 largecan diced or crushed tomatoes
1 canrotel (tomatoes with green chilis).. drain the liquid and use the tomatoes and chilis.... the liquid holds a lot of heat..... w/o liquid is mild
1 clovegarlic (1 tsp minced)
1/2 largeonion
1 1/2 tbspgumbo file
1 1/2 cupcooked rice (we add ours to the gumbo, but some people serve it on the side)
1 1/2 cupfrozen sliced okra

Cooking Instructions

1 hour 30 mins

1

mince the onion .... put 1/2 the onion, chicken, celery, salt, pepper, garlic powder in 10 cups of water. boil for about 40 minutes... chicken should be fall apart tender. if u use a carton of broth add onion, pepper, garlic powder to a full carton of broth and boil
2

remove chicken and set aside.
3

make Roux with flour and oil or Bacon drippings. add garlic and onion and stir to release oil into drippings.
4

add flour Roux mixture to pot of broth .... step back because it make steam up..
5

while broth and Roux are cooking turn down to medium. and debone the chicken (remove skin and bone and discard.
6

add both cans of tomatoes, okra, and let cook on Med for about 25 minutes. add chicken, shrimp, and gumbo file.
7

let cook until shrimp is pink... stir well.
8

ENJOY! !!

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on June 01, 2013 01:59

My name is Sheree.. I am 47 with 2 yorkie mixes.. My male Morkie (maltese/ yorkie mix is named Abu. I also have a female named Sasha, who is a yorkiepoo. My Hubby's name is Kip.... I am a country cook that LOVES to cook.... my mother taught me to cook semi-homemade. So my recipes are good and simple.... the trick is to make it taste homemade. . Don't be afraid to season for your family!!!!