Mamma's Seafood Gumbo.
You can cook Mamma's Seafood Gumbo using 18 ingredients and 29 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Mamma's Seafood Gumbo
- It's 5 stick of celery.
- It's 1 of bell pepper.
- You need 4 cup of rice.
- You need 1 of yellow onion.
- You need 1 packages of Chappell Hill sausage.
- You need 2 lb of shrimp.
- You need 3 lb of gumbo crabs.
- You need 12 oz of crawfish tails.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
- You need 1/2 cup of flour.
- Prepare 6 of chicken thighs.
- You need 3 of chicken bouillon cubes.
- You need 7 tbsp of gumbo filé.
- Prepare 1 jar of garlic powder on hand.
- It's 1 jar of chicken rub on hand.
- Prepare 1 jar of bay leaves on hand.
- You need 1 container of regular salt on hand.
- You need 1 container of seasoned salt on hand.
Mamma's Seafood Gumbo instructions
- Start of chicken prep: Cut 6 chicken breasts into small- to medium-sized chunks. Be sure to cut away fat. Rinse in cold water..
- Season chicken chunks with Chicken Rub..
- Place chicken in pot filled with 7 cups of water. Add 3 cubes of chicken bouillon. Bring to boil with medium heat on stovetop (degrees may vary based on stovetop). Add garlic powder and stir; season to taste. Cook for 30 minutes. End of chicken prep..
- Start of roux prep: Clean 5 sticks of celery in cold water. Cut roots and leaves..
- Grind celery in food processor, blender, or by hand (your preference)..
- Remove stem and seeds from bell pepper. Rinse in cold water..
- Grind bell pepper in food processor, blender, or by hand (your preference). Mix in with celery..
- Remove outer skin of yellow onion. Cut onion in half (use only one half)..
- Grind onion. Mix in with celery and bell pepper..
- Add two tablespoons of vegetable oil to skillet. Throw chopped vegetables to skillet to medium heat..
- Crush 10 Bay Leaves with hand. Add leaves to vegetables; stir in..
- Add 4 tablespoons of gumbo filé to vegetables; stir in..
- Add 1/2 cups of flour to vegetables; stir in..
- Add 1 cup of chicken broth from boiled chicken to vegetables; stir in. Cook for a total of 15 minutes. End of roux prep..
- Start of combining ingredients: Transfer chicken (with broth) and roux to stock pot; stir together..
- Add 6 WHOLE Bay leaves to pot..
- Add seasoned salt to taste..
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to pot..
- Reduce heat to medium-low after 10 minutes..
- Rinse ice from crabs with cold water. Add to pot..
- Cut Chappell Hill sausage link into thin individual pieces. Add to pot..
- Rinse shrimp with cold water to remove ice. Add to pot..
- Add Crawfish tails to pot (if they're frozen blocks, that's ok; they will melt down)..
- Cook ingredients in stock pot for 1 hour and 30 minutes on medium-high heat. End of combining ingredients..
- Start of rice prep: Add 8 cups of water to a pot. Add 1 tablespoon of margarine. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Bring to boil over medium-high heat..
- Rinse 4 cups of rice with cold water for 30 seconds. Add to boiling water. Stir once. Reduce heat to medium after 5 minutes. Reduce to low heat after 15 minutes. Cook til water evaporates and rice is soft; approximately 20 minutes. End of rice prep..
- Serve gumbo over rice and enjoy!.
- BONUS 1: If you desire a stronger gumbo taste, mix in more gumbo filé until satisfied..
- BONUS 2: If you desire a more "gooey" texture, add about 1/2 pound of thinly sliced ocra to the roux..