Kitchen Sink Gumbo Recipes

GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat 1/2 cup of the vegetable oil in a cast-iron or other heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat until very hot. Add the flour and whisk until combined and just beginning to brown. Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue to cook, whisking occasionally, until it is a deep peanut butter brown color, 15 minutes. Set the roux aside.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and is lightly browned. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Sprinkle the chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and brown over medium heat in the sausage drippings. Remove the chicken from the pot and place in the bowl with the sausage. Stir in the tomato paste until smooth and slightly darkened (be careful not to burn), about 1 minute. Add the celery, onions, peppers and cayenne to the pot and continue to cook until softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until just aromatic, about 30 seconds. Add the chicken broth and 2 cups water and bring to a simmer. Slowly whisk in the warm roux a bit at a time until combined. Tie the pickling spice in a bit of cheesecloth and add to the pot along with the chicken and sausage. Simmer all together until thickened and the flavors have blended, about 45 minutes.
• Add the shrimp and gumbo file and simmer until the shrimp are just cooked through and the gumbo has thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove and discard the pickling spice bundle. Taste and adjust the seasoning with additional salt and pepper. Serve the gumbo over rice.

SEAFOOD GUMBO

Steps:

• Peel and devein shrimp, placing shrimp shells in a large pot. Refrigerate shrimp until needed.
• In a large pot, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Add shrimp shells and cook until pink. Then add broth.
• Bring broth to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm until needed.
• In a large Dutch oven, cook sausage until browned. Remove sausage with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add oil and remaining 1/4 cup butter to Dutch oven. Heat over medium heat until butter is completely melted.
• Add flour and stir with wooden spoon until smooth.
• Reduce heat to medium low and cook, stirring frequently until roux is a dark caramel color. This will take 30 to 40 minutes.
• Add onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add green pepper and celery and cook for 5 more minutes, stirring often.
• Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
• Add beer and stir in well.
• Pour shrimp stock through a fine-meshed sieve into Dutch oven. (I like to add it in 3 separate additions, mixing well between additions.
• Add Cajun seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, and bay leaves, plus the reserved andouille sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Add green onions, parsley, and shrimp. When shrimp are pink, remove from heat and stir in crabmeat.
• Serve with white rice.

KITCHEN SINK GUMBO

Steps:

• Pre Cook the Rice.
• Make a dark roux by heating a large skillet over high heat.
• Then add 2 tablespoons oil and flour to the pan, and whisk together quickly.
• Continue cooking and stirring until a darkened paste forms.
• Cook Chicken.
• Stir in shrimp and sausage.
• Cook and stir for a few minutes, until the shrimp turns pink.
• Set aside.
• In another pan, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat.
• Stir in okra and onion; cook until okra is tender.
• Mix in tomatoes.
• Add water, bay leaf, garlic, salt, red pepper, corn, cooked rice, and meats.
• Cover, and cook slowly for 30 minutes.

KITCHEN SINK CHEESECAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cookie pan with parchment paper.
• Whisk egg in a bowl. Discard half of the mixture or reserve for another use.
• Beat cream cheese in a stand mixer until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add butter and beat until combined, about 1 minute. Add white and brown sugars; beat until creamy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the sides as needed. Mix in pudding mix. Add the remaining beaten egg and vanilla extract; mix until combined.
• Whisk 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour, 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon cake flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mixing on low speed and scraping down the sides as needed, until just combined. Add chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, marshmallows, and crushed cookies; fold in with a spatula or mix on low speed with the stand mixer.
• Roughly shape heaping tablespoonfuls of batter into balls and evenly space them on the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the bottoms are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.