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  Wolf

  March 1, 2017

  GG

  I live in New Orleans and was looking for quick recipes and saw this. Easy recipe but needs perking up. My suggestions are 1: sprinkle ham before using with ground red pepper this creates what we call " Tasso " . 2. Instead of using Chopped red bell pepper , unless you just have to have . If you have to then chop fine only what fits in curled palm of hand. Use instead a mixture of green onions, celery, and only enough green bell pepper you can chop into palm of hand. Palm of hand measurement is used for bell peppers only . Never ever use minced or powdered onion . Use 1/4 of a real one or 2x the amount of onion to amount of celery, if not using green onion. I also recommend using 1/4 tsp. of the fresh jar minced onions from refrigerator section, rather than garlic powder. This is what we call " Trinity " . Trinity is used in almost every creole and Cajun meal. Be brave and splash Tabasco or hot sauce in mixture as well. 3. Usually we don't use ham and sausage together unless making jambalaya, so choose one or the other for gumbo. I would also add 1 can hand smashed stewed tomatoes, and 1 whole bay leaf to mixture. If you don't like okra you may leave out. . If leave out okra sprinkle small amount of " file " on gumbo soup only as the thickenern at end of cooking as your gumbo thickener. If using okra never use " file " . Gumbo is a thick soup served over rice . 4. If using sausage don't use andouille unless you have tasted it before and like it. It has an unusual taste that unless you are from around here you probably won't like. Instead I recommend a sausage from your area that you like. IMPORTANT: Don't use minced onion period ! Use the reall thing. Lastly, don't make this with instant rice , cook rice and gumbo separately . Cook long grain white rice or jasmine rice. If you cook the two separately you may cook gumbo itself on stove top. Add shrimp just 5- 10 minutes before removed from stove top to keep them from being too chewey. Good Luck !

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  KCarter

  December 9, 2013

  great recipe

  Great meal. I added tomatoes in it as well as suggested and used sausage instead of ham. I also seasoned the shrimp and sausage while cooking them. I added onions and seasoned them in the skillet with the sausage before combining. Perfect with cornbread.

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  DragonLady

  August 27, 2013

  Has potential

  This recipe was not bad. I will add a can of diced tomatoes and a bit more cajun spice. My rice did not fully cook (?) and I didn't vary on anything. Maybe I will use instant rice instead next time. I do not like okra so I used leaf spinach instead to get the benefit of the dark greens. Also I will use small shrimp, not medium. Overall, it wasn't too bad; the undercooked rice was a bummer. Will make my changes and try again.

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  steepst

  March 8, 2012

  Gumbo Casserole

  I had to change it up a bit due to child being vegetarian so I used Cream of Shrimp Soup, a small bag of seafood mix, and of course the shrimp. It came out absolutely incredible! I am already making it again this coming week. I served it inside of cored out bread (circle) and it just was extremely awesome. Thanks for the recipe.

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  Steve B.

  September 19, 2011

  Gumbo Casserole

  Awesome! Increased Cajun seasoning to 1 tsp. and added tomatoes as another review suggested. Substituted cooked chicken for the ham. Will make again soon.

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