Renelee's Filé Gumbo | Just A Pinch Recipes

Renelee's Filé Gumbo | Just A Pinch Recipes

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Cover bottom of large gumbo pot with 1/4" of vegetable oil. Add flour and whisk until smooth. If more oil or flour is needed add to the mixture until a thick paste...

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Cooking tools:

  • Pot
  • Whisk
  • Stove
  • Wooden spoon
  • Ladle
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Mixing bowl
  • Serving bowl

Ingredients

  • - vegetable oil
  • 4 heaping cooking spoons of all purpose flour
  • 3 quart(s) holy trinity mix (onions, celery, bell pepper)
  • 4 quart(s) oyster water, divided
  • 3 big splashes lea & perrin's worcestershire sauce
  • 3 big splashes tabasco
  • 3 tablespoon(s) minced garlic (heaping spoons)
  • 1 tablespoon(s) crushed red peppers, or 1 seeded habanero or jalapeno with seeds
  • - salt and black pepper (use salt sparingly, oysters may be very salty)
  • 5-10* pound(s) peeled and deveined shrimp
  • 1 1/2 pound(s) crabmeat, special claw
  • 1-2 - dozen gumbo crabs, halved, claws gently cracked
  • 6 dozen oysters (optional) and remaining water from oysters
  • - filé
  • - cooked white rice

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