My next cooking project is to learn how to make gumbo (like NOLA's Gumbo Shop & Wentzels/Mobile).
Need tips & recipes from all you chefs out there!
Thanks!
Need tips & recipes from all you chefs out there!
Thanks!


I'm sure you'll get lots of good recipes, but I want the one for the "BOIL" you did at your house last summer. And while you're at it, can you send me the one for the summer beer. I know it's winter, but I'm a planner!
Sorry to hijack..
That was yummy!!! spill it Dun ah!!!![]()

I'm sure you'll get lots of good recipes, but I want the one for the "BOIL" you did at your house last summer. And while you're at it, can you send me the one for the summer beer. I know it's winter, but I'm a planner!
Sorry to hijack..
I'd like the one for summer beer too! That was very tasty. It's never to early to start planning!Gumbo!. We love Gumbo! Here are some pix of us cooking up a roux for a seafood gumbo a few year's ago. http://sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=1082&highlight=gumbo+riley. We prefer the dark roux for gumbos and the lighter roux for shrimp or crab etoufee.
When we want to do a gumbo in a hurry, without making roux from scratch, we've tried a few packaged products. For years, we've liked Bayou Magic's products www.bayoumagic.com/, but recently the gumbo base has become too salty for our tastes. Tonite we tried a new product, Cajun C.J.s http://http://www.cajuncjs.com/ and it was GREAT!A dark roux, seasoned well. This was for a chicken and andouille gumbo.
In SoWal, I believe Shrimper's has frozen andouille (maybe tasso,too) and I think Destin Ice might have andouillie as well.

Yes, tasso is an absolute necessity - especially for a great red/white beans and rice for a Monday night dinner.