One of the best gumbo's I've ever tasted was a smoked turkey neck fresh green onion sausage, and okra. From New Orleans no less....okra can be really good although i don't use it in my pot

True, but North of hwy10 they put too much and make it slimy as all get out!!!

Sometimes I use okra but I use a small amount to get that flavor but it doesn't slime it up.

No okra? Da phuk? Lost my first gumbo cookoff to a gumbo with okra. Of course I lost to a blonde in heels with a mid thigh skirt and a low buttoned shirt. Admittedly her cleavage was a lot better than mine. I didn't feel bad though. If you're willing to cook gumbo for half a day in heels you deserve to win.

I use okra in my gumbo and get very little slime. just have to use some slime be gone.

That's cause they don't cook the okra down enough. Cooking down okra is an all day affair. If it's done right, there should be no slime at all.

Gotta cook your okra first

I agree.. Cook first...It is an all day affair.. Chopped onion, fresh garden tomatoes.. I found a lady who washes, and cut okra up and bags it. I cook mine in the oven...

I'll cook U a okra shrimp gumbo with eggs dropped in, u'll kiss my toes for... It's award winning..:))))))))))

BAMMMMMM.. THERE IT IS... Perfect for a day like today..

That does sound good Gunner. One of my favorites is okra smothered just like you described then add some shrimp in it and pass that on some French Bread. Tonnerre, mais ca c'est bon, oui!!!

Looks awesome gunner :)

Look's Awesome U say???? Words can't describe the TASTE. Crab Ain't got NOTHING ON THIS CAJUN BOY,,,,,:grinpimp:

I gotta admit, that bowl looks right.

Ive put pickled okra in a crawfish boil before......and a bloody Mary.....lol

Camp neighbor from Mamou showed me the " crack a egg and drop in da pot" trick. I do it every time now.

Mamou people are geniuses

Yea.....he told me so !

Eggs in gumbo? Never had it.

Heard of boiled one's in to flavor them but never cracking one in it??

Yall just don't know what you're missing


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Can't cook a stew without cracking a dozen eggs in it.

So at what point in cooking the gumbo do you put the cracked egg? Do you whip it? Please explain process

It's the only way I eat eggs in my gumbo

Shrimp okra gumbo I made Tuesday!!!

It was good...lol

GT .. It looks awesome... I got me on the tater salad.. I like my real creammy.... LOL


I drop my eggs in Shrimp and okra gumbo... When gumbo is cooked.. Before I put swimps in... I turn heat down where gumbo is just a light simmer.. I crack eggs one at a time; then I start dropping them around the outer edges of pot.. Adding eggs all away around pot.. Put lid on.. Don't stir gumbo.. Bring gumbo to a very light boil... (Really a hard simmer). After about 15-20 minutes I'll remove lid...Check eggs for doneness... If U stir before yokes get hard then I have egg drop soup...

I then put my shrimp in and cook for until shrimp are done.. Put parsley and onion tops and a little premium home grown ground file.

That's It.. The major thing is not to stir gumbo until eggs yokes are hard.. 10-15 minutes on a hard simmer.

If its a rolling boil.. when U drop your eggs it will be egg drop soup..

I put boiled cut in half eggs in Shrimp stews only..

When My 2 sons where little I had to put an egg in the gumbo for every bowl of gumbo we eat.. No less than 6-8 eggs every time..

That's 2 bowls average per person... With some awesome garlic bread.. Can't be beat...:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

When I was grown up.. My Mom used brisket in our okra gumbo.. Brisket back in the day was a throw away piece of meat.. Its awesome also.. I cook chicken and okra alot also...

IDK why, but on day my PawPaw made a gumbo with some shake-n-bake in the place of flour for the roux. It came out pretty damn good. He started making every 3rd or 4th gumbo of his with shake-n-bake. He was from Chauvin so every gumbo he cooked was shrimp and okra.

biggun we put eggs too but they are always hard boiled eggs.

I cheat on the eggs. I put a spoonfull of gumbo juice in each hole of a muffin tin. Then break an egg into each hole. Then top each egg with another spoonfull of gumbo and a dash of Tabasco. Then bake em in the oven till the eggs set. Scoop em out of the muffin tin and drop the baked gumbo eggs into the pot. Same flavor, and no risk of making a mess in the pot you've been working on all day.

No eggs or tater salad for me. Damn northern folk.
No jokes the gumbo looks great :)

What would you consider south of 90? Northern Or Southern folk. We ALWAYS have potato salad with gumbo.

Pretty sure "northern folk " was a self reference. Ole duck is a Yankee

You are correct sir. Alexandria.
I like mine over rice. Have had it with potatoe salad and it's not bad just not my preffered way.

Rice
Gumbo
Potato Salad on the Side Sometimes in the bowl

Now if they have jambalaya.

Jambalaya
Gumbo