🥞 American

Mushrooms Gumbo

Name: Mushrooms Gumbo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Butter; to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 400 g Mushrooms; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 200 g Okra; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika; 200 g Andouille Sausage; 2 tbsp Cajun Seasoning

🥞 American

Louisiana gumbo — mushrooms in a dark-roux stew with the holy trinity. 50 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Butter2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Mushrooms400 g
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Okra200 g
Stock or Broth750 ml
Smoked Paprika1 tsp
Andouille Sausage200 g
Cajun Seasoning2 tbsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Butter in a heavy casserole and brown the mushrooms well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the mushrooms out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the smoked paprika.
3
Return the mushrooms, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh parsley right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the smoked paprika in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Mushroom Gumbo — Extra-Dark Roux, One Pot, Big Flavour · on YouTube