Combo Gumbo

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Combo Gumbo Ingredients

3 lb Boiler-fryer chicken 2 tb Worcestershire sauce
2 qt Water 1/4 ts Hot sauce
1/2 c Bacon drippings 1 lg Bay leaf
1/2 c All-purpose flour 2 ts Dried whole thyme
4 Stalks celery; chopped 1/2 ts Dried whole rosemary
2 md Onions; chopped 1 ts Salt
1 lg Green bell pepper; chopped 1/2 ts Paprika
2 Cloves garlic; minced 1 Ham hocks
1/2 c Chopped fresh parsley 1 1/2 c Cooked ham; cubed
2 lb Shrimp 4 Soft shell crabs
1 lb Okra; sliced 2 ts Molasses
2 tb Bacon drippings Juice of 1 large lemon
4 md Tomatoes; peeled/seeded Hot cooked rice
coarsely chopped

Instructions for Combo Gumbo

Combine chicken and water in a Dutch oven.Bring to a boil; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken from broth; cut into 1 inch cubes. Strain broth, reserving 6 cups. Heat 1/2 cup of bacon drippings in an 8 quart Dutch oven; stir in flour. Cook over Medium heat, stirring occasionally, until roux is the color of a copper penny (10-15 minutes). Add celery, onion, green pepper, garlic and parsley; cook over Low heat for 45 minutes. (Mixture will be dry.) Peel shrimp, reserving shells; refrigerate shrimp until needed. Combine shells nad enough water to cover in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and boil for 20 minutes. Strain shell stock, reserving 2 cups. Cook orka in 2 tablespoons bacon drippings until tender, stirring occasionally. Add okra, reserved chicken stock,shrimp stock and next 9 ingredients to roux mixture. Bring to a boil; then reduce heat and simmer 2 1/2 hours, stirring mixture occasionally. Add cooked chicken, ham hocks and cubed ham, crabs and molasses; simmer 30 additionaly minutes. Add shrimp, andl simmer 10 minutes longer. Stir in lemon juice. Serve over rice. Add a small amount of file to each serving, if desired. Yield: 3 1/2 quarts. Submitted to magazine by JulieJosephs, Pensacola, Florida MC formatting by bobbi744@sojourn.com Recipe by: Southern Living Magazine, September 1981, p. 183 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart on Apr 27, 1998

Main Ingredient: PorkCuisine: Uncategorized

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