4 good new gumbo Recipes

all-purpose flour, bacon drippings, coarsely chopped celery, onion, coarsely chopped, green bell pepper, coarsely chopped, garlic, minced, andouille sausage, sliced, water, cubes beef bouillon, white sugar, salt to taste, hot pepper sauce (such as tabasco), or to taste, cajun seasoning blend (such as tony chachere s), or to taste, bay leaves, dried thyme leaves, stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, gumbo file powder, bacon drippings, frozen cut okra, thawed, distilled white vinegar, lump crabmeat, uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined, worcestershire sauce, gumbo file powder

cooked riced (warm and set aside ready for serving when the time comes), fresh chicken and shrimp broth (the how to s are below), cut up cooked breast of chicken, sweet italian sausages - sliced thin, hot italian sausages - sliced thin, more of sweet or hot suprasatta sausage (thinly sliced and cut into fourths) (found in your italian deli s - you can have them slice it or do it yourself at home, just make sure if there is a skin - it s been removed), bacon (thick sliced is best ), shrimp per person de-veined but with tails and shells still on, onion or more, diced, big red sweet pepper, diced, green sweet peppers, diced, diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can), tomato paste (6 oz can), shakes of red chili flakes, several shakes each of tabasco & franks hot sauce, good red wine, better than bouillon beef flavor - it is a thick paste and basis for broths - found in the soup section of your grocery stores - and comes in a variety of flavors., water (only if you are not using the homemade broth), salt, more of fresh ground pepper, all purpose flour, bacon and sausage fat, more cloves of garlic - freshly minced, scallions minced, all spice (whole seed pods - preferred), more cumin, more of old bay seasonings, freshly chopped parsley, bay leafs, worcestershire sauce, chili powder, basil, fresh cilantro sprigs as garnish (optional)

qts. chicken stock (must be homemade!), flour, oil, chicken or guinea hen, without giblets, cut up, andouillesausage , sliced about 1/4 thick on the bias (you may substitute hot or mild smoked sausage if good andouille isn tsp available) and/or fresh creole hot sausage, browned, shrimp, peeled and deveined, blue crabs, cleaned, broken in half and claws pulled off (or for a more elegant looking gumbo, omit and instead add 1-1/2 lb lump white crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage), okra, sliced (leave out if you don tsp like okra, but be sure to add file at the end if you leave out the okra), onions, chopped, green onions with tops, chopped, bell peppers, chopped, ribs celery, chopped, several cloves garlic, minced, bay leaves, fresh parsley, chopped, black, white and cayenne peppers , to taste, salt to taste, few dashes tabasco , or to taste., file powder (only if you don tsp use okra!), steaming hot louisiana long-grain rice