Mardi Gras Catfish Gumbo Recipes

MARDI GRAS CATFISH GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy deep skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper and celery; cook, stirring often, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for another minute.
• Stir in tomatoes, broth, okra, corn, bay leaf, thyme, salt if desired, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Just before serving, stir in fish and cover. Cook, stirring gently 2 or 3 times, until fish is just cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf and season with hot sauce.

SMARTY PANTS = CHICKEN, SAUSAGE, OKRA GUMBO & RICE

Steps:

• -----Gumbo--------.
• Follow recipe on gumbo base container to mix base.
• Using water is good, but some chicken broth is better.
• Bring base to a low boil.
• This is the critical step= stir well because the base wants to stick to the bottom of the pot, while it is being fully dissolved.
• Add meat, and bring to a low boil again, lower fire and simmer for thirty minutes, stirring occasionally while scraping bottom of pot.
• stir in okra, and bring back to a low boil for 2-3 minutes, just enough to heat the okra, then serve with cooked long grain white rice.
• -----------Boiled long grain regular white rice recipe----------.
• Add salt to water and bring water to boil.
• Add rice and stir well.
• The moment you add the rice to the water, start timing for 13 minutes.
• stir occasionally during cooking process, while scraping bottom of pot.
• After 13 minutes, stir well, then drain rice using calendar, then run some hot faucet water over the rice in the calendar.
• Serve gumbo with rice added.

CATFISH GUMBO

Steps:

• Saute green pepper, celery, onion, and garlic in hot oil in a Dutch oven until tender.
• Stir in broth and next 6 ingredients; bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Cut catfish into 1-inch pieces; add to gumbo, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in okra; cook an additional 5 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Serve over rice.