Homemade Gumbo should be a cooks right of passage. And fine, maybe this gumbo isn’t exactly perfect, but it’s flavor profile is pretty dang perfect when you get that first spoonful.
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Full Recipe: https://www.joshuaweissman.com/post/perfect-gumbo-at-home-with-creole-butter
Ingredients Needed:
The Stock:
– 5 quarts water
– 2lbs (900g) bone-in short rib
– 2lbs (900g) boneless beef chuck roast
– 1 cup (125g) shrimp shells
– 8oz (226g) crab or lobster shells
– 2 carrots
– 2 onions, quartered
– 1 tablespoon (9g) black peppercorns
– 3 bay leaves
– 4 thyme sprigs
Universal Cajun/Creole Spice:
– 2 tablespoons (12g) smoked paprika
– 1.5 tablespoons (11g) kosher salt
– 2 teaspoons (8g) MSG
– 1 tablespoon(6g) ground black pepper
– 2 teaspoons (6g) white pepper
– 1.5 tablespoon (6g) garlic powder
– 2 teaspoons (6g) onion powder
– 1 tablespoons (2g) dried oregano
– 2 tablespoons (17g) cayenne
– 2 teaspoons (2g) dried thyme
– 1 tablespoon (13g) dark brown sugar
MSG Butter:
– 1 cup (226g) salted butter, softened
– 1.5 teaspoons (6g) of MSG
– 4 cloves grated garlic
– 2 tablespoons thinly sliced chives
The Gumbo:
– 1 cup (150g) all-purpose flour
– 1/2 cup (95g) pork fat
– 1/2 cup (95g)duck fat
– 3 ribs celery, finely chopped
– 2 onion, finely chopped
– 1 large green bell pepper, finely chopped
– 4 cloves garlic, minced
– 1/2 lbs (247g) andouille
– 1/2 lb (247g) kielbasa
– 3.25 quarts THE STOCK
salt to taste
– 2.5 tablespoons (35g) cajun seasoning
– 3 tablespooons (41g) louisana hot sauce
– 1 20oz (793g)can crushed fire roasted tomatoe
– 5 teaspoons (8g) file powder
– 5 king crab legs
– 1 pounds (450g) uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
– 4 lobster tails (sub extra shrimp to keep price down)
– 3 tablespoons(40g) worcestershire sauce
49 Comments
Looks delish but I do my with one cup chicken broth and one cup beef broth. No water the rest of the liquid is 3 bottles of black beer. I use chicken breast, audouille sausage and fresh shrimp. I do love OKRA place it at end once it is getting there I turn stove off. If you leave a tad crispy it does not get slimy. Plus my seasoning. My rice is on the side as well. I’m Latina so I love it.
Josh, okra should be breaded and fried
I'm sorry if I don't hear a thick southern accent then I don't believe you can make a good gumbo.
You can 100% mix salted porks with seafood
The amount of MSG used, josh you never disappoint
king crabs are good, but theyre not from Louisiana coz.
That feeling when you make food for everybody but eat it all alone.
Close-ups are not your friend. Stop using them so much
This looks crazy good you did a great job and you earned a new subscriber keep up the great content
In my opinion one of the most beautiful things about cooking and sharing food across different families and cultures is that each of us puts our own specific twist on it. Instead of complaining that it’s not perfectly “traditional” just enjoy the meal! Imagine how boring life would be if we didn’t have variety in our food. This is how he decided to make gumbo for this video. You can make it however you want to
This is not real Hip-hop
Ugh, Waste of time but great stock & seasoning suggestion. So, maybe it wasn't such a waste 🙂
Okay… I have a confession, I’ve been watching for some months now and I just subscribed 😤
i agree about the okra sentiment. GET THATS SHIT AWAY FROM ME!!!!!
No Quiabo, No Gumbo
Looks like a very nice soup you have made. Calling it any kind of gumbo was out the window the second you dumped tomatoes in it. And what was that “dark” roux?
Creole gumbo is the best 😂😂
Wait you guys add tomates?
My heart hurts when you say msg normally 😂😂
I From New Orleans… but I DO have an open Mind….
okra is deliciouuuuuusss the snotty texture is what i love the most about it 🙂
Very expensive
F*ck these hater *ss comments, I made this today and it came out BOMB AF. My husband said it was the best gumbo he's ever had & he grew up with family in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area. I originally wasn't going to put the tomatoes but I had four or five from the garden that I needed to use so I threw it in there. I didn't use lobster but instead did double shrimp, double crab and a pack of crawfish tail meat.
Don't be a gumbo elitist and just make the damn thoup. 🫶
Gumbo needs OKRA period.
Only change I would make is Subbing the tomatoes for chicken wings and you’re good to go! Great recipe
There is no such thing as kielbasa sausage 😂 kielbasa means sausage 😂 love u ❤
That’s some expensive gumbo
gumbo is my new favorite word
is there a version of this thats with chicken meat and also…requires less than a megapint of storage for ingredients?
think of it like, student dorm edition gumbo.
yes?
So many people in this comment section who clearly don’t realize they’ve had an altered version. This is more original.
The okra analogy was unnecessary 🤢
3:20
Most expensive gumbo recipe ever
I am insulted by this Joshua Weissman guy when he said that Okra is degusting due to what he also said that the texture of Okra is like if somebody sneezed into your open mouth. I hate Beets. This Joshua Weissman guy probably love Beets. Okra taste better than Beets. ☹
I like okra 😂 u gotta cook it in some vinager to take out the slimey stuff 😅
thumbs down for the comment about okra
He done okra real bad 😥
My grandma made her gumo with malboro ash <3
Don't mix land and sea? I'm from New Orleans and almost every gumbo I've had was prepared with chicken, shellfish, pork and beef 😂. Is that a northern thing?
okra is good
File instead of okra. Literally not even gumbo. It okra stew. That’s the origin of gumbo. West African okra stew.
Carrots and beef are two things I have never had in gumbo. I've had it with tomatoes but didn't like it. Also we use blue crab instead of whatever type he used.
Not it at all
I can get past the throw whatever protein you want in the pot. Historically, gumbo is whatever you have on hand. But I cannot get past the mirepoix if you make your own stock. Trinity and the pope, with some green onions too. (If you know, you know) Carrots make it a stew not a gumbo.
Nice recipe, but Gumbo means Okra. 😉
Nobody could've explained okra better than this 😂😂😂
what happen Josh? where is the drying oregano from scratch powder??? and did i hear that right? oniOn pOwDeR??? no picked onion from scratch and diced into powder from scratch powder????????????????
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does it…. taste the same if we do the powders from scratch? does that apply to all the videos? including the fudge and condensed milk not powder from scratch powder?
i like powder
As somone who was raised by a Cajun grandma this was my favorite food. Still is. And I'm the only one who has the family recipe. Also you are right about the snot pickles they are gross. This is pretty close to my family's recipe exept the veggies in ours are cooked till they dissappear as alot of my family didn't like veggies. (They never knew how many veggies were in it) yours is pretty thin for my liking but thats a pretty decent gumbo. I might have to add msg to my Cajun mix. Its a good idea.
5:39. No, you didn’t.