Seafood Gumbo Recipe - NYT Cooking

September 30,2024

Here is a real heartwarmer for sweater season It calls for a lot of ingredients, but don’t be dismayed You can easily eliminate some or make substitutions.
Here is a real heartwarmer for sweater season. It calls for a lot of ingredients, but don’t be dismayed. You can easily eliminate some or make substitutions. Don’t like shrimp? Go with 100 percent fish. Or vice versa. You can also add ham or sausage (like tasso ham or andouille sausage) for a bit more heartiness. Historically, the word gumbo denotes the presence of okra (also called gumbo), and it’s used here. Another conventional gumbo component and important ingredient in African-based Creole cooking is filé powder, the crushed leaves of the sassafras tree. Then, there is usually a dark roux made of vegetable oil and flour in authentic New Orleans gumbo. All three of these ingredients – okra, filé powder and the dark oil-and-flour roux – are the thickening agents for this fairly spicy dish.