🇺🇸 United States cuisine · #12

Louisiana Gumbo

Louisiana Gumbo
Time150 min
Serves8
Ingredients15

Louisiana's thick stew built on a dark roux, with okra, shrimp, chicken and sausage, served over white rice.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Cook oil and flour over medium heat, stirring constantly, 25–30 minutes until the roux is chocolate-coloured.
  2. Add the "holy trinity" of onion, pepper and celery, then garlic.
  3. Whisk in stock gradually, add chicken, sausage and spices and simmer an hour.
  4. Add okra for 20 minutes, then shrimp for 5.
  5. Serve over rice with spring onions.