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I Will Play For Gumbo
Dec. 3rd, 2022 10:04 pmIt was quite some time ago when I brought home a can of gumbo base from Mariano's -- long enough, I believe, that they no longer carry this particular item. As part of my continuing effort to get things out of the pantry, I suggested last week that we should use the remnant bits of turkey in something that would at least resemble gumbo. Gretchen thought this sounded reasonable, so I picked up some of the Johnsonville Andouille sausage to add to the mix. And today was gumbo day.
The first thing to do was to inspect the contents of the can and make sure that they hadn't turned. They seemed fine, so we proceeded. While Gretchen removed the remaining meat from the turkey carcass, I prepared a box of dirty rice mix that had also been sitting in the pantry for quite some time to serve as a bed for the gumbo. We ended up with more turkey fragments than the gumbo needed, so we split the pile in half and put one half way for later. Then Gretchen carved up half of the package of sausage and added it to the mix along with half of a diced onion. This went into a skillet to be fried up while the gumbo base heated and the rice finished cooking. Then the meat and onion were combined with the gumbo base and allowed to simmer for about five minutes.
Dirty rice went into the bottom of bowls with the gumbo-like substance ladled over the top. This was probably pretty far from authentic gumbo, but it was spicy enough (especially when you had rice on your fork) and quite tasty.
Since the gumbo base is no longer available in the local store, we won't be able to duplicate this concoction, but we may try some different combination and see how it works. And in the meantime, there are two fewer items that are nailed to the shelves in the pantry.
The first thing to do was to inspect the contents of the can and make sure that they hadn't turned. They seemed fine, so we proceeded. While Gretchen removed the remaining meat from the turkey carcass, I prepared a box of dirty rice mix that had also been sitting in the pantry for quite some time to serve as a bed for the gumbo. We ended up with more turkey fragments than the gumbo needed, so we split the pile in half and put one half way for later. Then Gretchen carved up half of the package of sausage and added it to the mix along with half of a diced onion. This went into a skillet to be fried up while the gumbo base heated and the rice finished cooking. Then the meat and onion were combined with the gumbo base and allowed to simmer for about five minutes.
Dirty rice went into the bottom of bowls with the gumbo-like substance ladled over the top. This was probably pretty far from authentic gumbo, but it was spicy enough (especially when you had rice on your fork) and quite tasty.
Since the gumbo base is no longer available in the local store, we won't be able to duplicate this concoction, but we may try some different combination and see how it works. And in the meantime, there are two fewer items that are nailed to the shelves in the pantry.