Friday 25 October 2013

Prawn, Okra and Chorizo Gumbo









The person who invented Gumbo really knew a thing or two about comfort food.


Prawn, Okra and Chorizo Gumbo
adapted from Lisa Fain's The Homesick Texan Cookbook
Serves 6

500g raw prawns, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup light olive oil
1/2 cup plain flour
1 small onion, diced
300g okra, sliced
1 1/2 litres chicken stock
1 chorizo sausage, diced
1 green capsicum, deseeded and diced
1 stick celery, sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 bay leaves
1 sprig fresh thyme, leaves picked
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Sea salt flakes
Freshly ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne
2 tablespoons chopped parsely
4 spring onions, finely sliced
Steamed rice for serving

Make a roux by heating the oil on a low flame in a large frying pan. When warm, add the flour and stir continuously until it is a peanut butter brown colour, about 25 - 30 minutes.

Add the onions to the roux and cook for about 5 minutes and then add the okra, capsicum and celery. Cook for another five minutes.

Bring the stock to boil in a large pan then reduce to simmer. Pour in the roux into the stock. Add the garlic, bay leaves, thyme leaves and Worcestershire sauce and bring the the boil. Reduce to simmer and cook for 2 hours. Season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne.

Ten minutes before you want to serve, heat a pan and fry the chorizo until crisp. Add it to the stock along with the prawns, half the parsley and half the spring onions. Cook the gumbo until the prawns have turned pink. Serve the gumbo over hot rice and sprinkle with remaining parsley and spring onions.



10 comments:

  1. Yes, they did. They absolutely did. Gorgeous looking gumbo and that okra! Gah. It's good in everything! Love it pickled in a big ass bloody mary.. :)

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    1. I want a big ass bloody mary with pickled okra stat. Come over and I'll make us both one.

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  2. I never did this kind of recipe. But it looks so comforting and delicious..gosh your pictures make me hungry :)

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    1. So comforting and mellow. So easy to eat. Thanks Gabrielle.

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  3. This is right up my alley! I'd love this for dinner tonight... and just about every night after that...

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    1. Thanks Marie. I could eat this for a week and never get tired of it.

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  4. Nice looking dish!! Thanks for posting this one!

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    1. Thanks Dan. It one of those dishes that really hits the spot.

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  5. What a great way to eat okra. It's been ages since I've eaten those furry green little fingers. So good when cooked properly... definitely going to try this recipe. Thanks for the okra reminder, yum! xx

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    1. I agree. Okra must be cooked properly... and preferably with spicy sausage.

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