This was a project for Christmas 2011. I wanted to start a collection of favorite recipes and print them for my kids, now that they are grown. As I typed the recipes, I added them here, so they would be easily accessible in the future for additions and modifications.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Gumbo a la Muse

Make a roux:
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup olive oil

Saute:
1 large diced onion
2 large diced green peppers
2 cloves minced garlic

Add to the roux, then add:
2 cups sliced okra
2 large cans chopped tomatoes
1 cup chicken stock
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
Tobasco to taste
1 bay leaf

Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer at least one hour.

Add:
1/4 lb. browned Andouille sausage
1 cup chopped chicken (cooked)
1 lb shrimp or other shellfish

Simmer another 30 minutes

Serve over rice.

**Recipe from Betty Quinby's collection**

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