r/cajunfood

Here is my try at Gumbo! Please let me know if I succeeded!

After making it out of the box for twenty years I figured I’d do it from scratch. It was a good time.

One of the staples at my home. I use Savoy's Andouille and Louisiana Gulf shrimp and Louisiana crawfish and Gumbo Crabs.make my roux, use the Trinity, garlic, parsley and okra. Seasoned with Tabasco, bay leaf, a blend of Tony's, some Cayenne, some Slap ya' Mama, and a touch of liquid seafood boil and a good bit of W Sauce and a bit of Kitchen Bouquet.

For this batch I was making it for my mom, who has a seafood allergy, so I made it with a roasted chicken, baked the bones and then made the broth with the bones. Then I separated out half and added a seafood broth made with Shrimp shells from the shrimp to one half, then added crab meat , then the shrimp and crawfish. Turned it off and let it sit until it hit 140° and then put it in the fridge overnight to blend the flavors together well.

Second photo shows it served.

I make some red beans and rice today but I feel like it turned into a gumbo red beans and rice hybrid. I had a bunch of sausage I needed to use up so I threw it all in. I added Okra because I like Okra and wanted Okra. Hopefully this passes or is at least more acceptable than the local NJ "cajun" restaurant. This "andouille" is the best I can find.

I paid $40 for this pot at a thrift store. Tell me what you think.

I couldn’t wait for the weather to cool off. Made a lil chicken and sausage gumbo with potato salad and rice. It was nice If I do say so myself 😄.

Red beans and rice from scratch. The meat is diced andouille. Toddler approved 👍

I have an okra tree in my backyard and all the okra I could ever want. We made some okra with crab and shrimp.
I used the shrimp shells to make a broth with chicken stock. Made a small roux, no tomatoes, trinity, okra, shrimp and crab last. We ate with some biscuits. We used some peppers from the garden and salt, pepper, cayenne. Not a lot of seasoning in a can when you have fresh ingredients IMO.

Combined a couple recipes - turned out well except the rotisserie I used sorta fell apart, but otherwise pretty pleased with it! :)

I think this might be the best thing I’ve ever made. That roux makes it taste bloody insane. I did my best to follow Isaac Toups recipe: https://youtu.be/76JXtB7JFQY?si=ADXQdeh9DKOqPL\_Y

Before anyone says it, no, that is not tomato. It's red bell pepper.