Hungry for Gumbo

Evidently the night before last I had been dreaming about Gumbo, because when I woke up, it sounded so good (leave it to me to dream--literally--about food). So, I went to Reyman's yesterday, got the ingredients, and went to work. Totally worth it! (Sorry, I didn't think to take pictures of it before we ate--I just had Gumbo on the brain!)

It makes a big pot, so we shared with Jan & Les, and Mom & Dad.

It's not the prettiest thing to look at, I suppose---but, ooooohhh so good!

This is the recipe I got from Jan:

Gumbo

1. Cook one whole chicken. (I season with salt, pepper, and butter)

2. Save broth, peel chicken from bones and put back in the broth.

3. Saute 2 green peppers, 2 onions, and 6 stalks of celery in butter and fresh garlic (I used about 5 cloves)

4. Add veggies to the broth

5. Cut up a smoked sausage and put in the broth (I can't think of what kind they are--I think they are smoked Hillshire Farm--the ones that are in the "U" shape in the package)

6. Make a roux by heating 1/2 cup vegetable oil and 1 cup of flour in a pan. Stirring it until it is dark chocolate brown.

7. Carefully add the roux to the broth

8. Add 1 cup of uncooked regular white rice (not instant)

9. Add 1 can chopped tomatoes

10. Add Salt, Pepper, Seasoned Salt, 3 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce, 1 tsp. Parsley, 1tsp. Basil, 1 tsp. Thyme

11. Cook for 2-3 hours and serve over white rice (It's even better as leftovers and freezes well)