Help, please!

[cybermule]

Can anyone recommend a recipe for gumbo? I'll be veggy-fying it with fake chicken pieces. There are a huge number of recipes on t'net, but I've no idea if any of them are actually any good.

Comments

[zleetle.livejournal.com]

oooh it sounds great!! I've never tried making it though I'm quite intrigued as to how yours turns out... I would probably just use Vegan Planet since that's kind of our default here, but let me know what you decide!

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Best thing I've ever found to do with okra is Madhur Jaffrey's "Sweet and Sour Okra" from her original "Indian Cookery" (charity shop press, 50p ONO). It tastes like okra but doesn't have the gumbo-sticky-sliminess.

One of my favourite cookbooks to read is Sheila Ferguson's "Soul Food". It's not a veggie cookbook. Every dish is garnished with pig parts, usually those parts of which the pig was least (or maybe most) proud. Great reading, just for the artery-hardening chitterlin' gross-out factor.

Anyway, it has several gumbo recipes. I've used this one, as it's veggie-able. Supposed to serve 4.

2tbsp butter
1/2 med. onion
1/2 green pepper
2 stalks celery (all chopped)
1 level tbsp flour

Fry gently for a few minutes until soft, but not brown.
IMHO, fry the onions first, then add the celery and keep at it until the onions are browning. Then add the pepper late, so it doesn't brown.

Otherwise flame the peppers to take the skins off and then add un-fried with the rest. Red peppers would look better if you're serving this for posh.

Then add:
500ml stock (originally yardbird, but use whatever you want)
1/2 lb okra, sliced as rings
2 "large tomatoes", chopped, which I take to mean Italian plums.
2 cloves garlic, minced

Stir, then simmer as low as it goes, with the lid slightly open for an hour. Season with cayenne, salt and pepper towards the end. Switch some cayenne into paprika if you want it redder but not so hot.

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

I can ask my husband's friends when she returns from New Orleans. I figure that means I can trust the authenticity of her recipes, and she's sweet, too.

[dandelion-wings.livejournal.com]

i thought gumbo used a lot of meat including seafood in it. that may be hard to vegy-fy.

sorry, i'm not much help but i'm kinda interested to hear what you turn up with lol.