Gumbo

 

I recently went on a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.  I attended a demonstration class at the New Orleans School of Cooking where our instructor, Ms. Harriet, showed us how to make gumbo, chicken creole, and pralines.  They also served us a local beer called Abita.  The recipes for the food were given to us, placed on our tables.  I thought the gumbo was super delicious so bought some spices and made a couple batches when I got home.

 

Here's the link to the school where you can book a class or order their spice mixes and hot sauces.  I liked the green hot sauce the best. https://neworleansschoolofcooking.com/

Here's the original recipe below.  Sorry it's small and crooked.  To get the full experience and a nice (straight) copy of the recipe, you'll have to go to NOLA and attend a cooking class yourself.  😄

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Shrimp Sinigang

Ingredients:

• 1 pound shrimp, peeled
• 2 eggplants, cut into 2-inch sections
• 1 bunch long beans, cut into 2-inch sections
• 1 can straw mushrooms
  
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 5 cherry tomaotes
  
• 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 Tablespoons oil 
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1/2 cup water
  

Instructions:

1. Rinse and prep eggplant and beans (cut)
2. Prep onion and garlic (slice, chop)
3. Drain can of mushrooms. 
4. Peel shrimp, if need peeling.
   
5. Heat pan.  Add oil, onion, and garlic.  Stir fry until fragrant.
6. Add eggplant, cover and let cook about 10 minutes.
   
7. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, and water. Cover and let cook about 10 minutes.
8. Add long beans, shrimp, and cracked black pepper.  Cover and let cook about 10-15 minutes, stirring every so often.
9. Enjoy!
   

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OMG I hate the formatting here! I don't know how to make this single spaced in Blogger.  I don't have time to figure it out right now. Ugh! 

Also see my posts for Salmon Bone Sinigang and Salmon Belly Sinigang

 

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Beef Stew with Vegetables

 

I took a look at a lot of different beef stew recipes and found so many variations.  Ultimately,  this is the flavor/ingredient combo I went with.

Ingredients:

• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 3 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 3 red potatoes, chopped
• 3 white potatoes, chopped
• 1 yellow onion, chopped 
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  
• 3 pounds stewing beef, in chunks
  
• 2 Tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper 
• 4 Tablespoons vegetable oil 
• 2 lbs beef broth (1 box)
  
• 1 T worsteshire sauce
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 can tomato paste
• 1 Tablespoon thyme
• 2 Tablespoons cornstartch
  

Instructions:

1. Wash vegetables
2.  Toss beef chunks in the flour, salt, and pepper.
3. Add 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil to a heated sauce pan and brown beef on all sides.
4. While beef is browning, chop up vegetables.
5. Transfer browned beef to a pot.
6. Add some beef broth to the pan to soften the hardened flour bits and scrape them off.  Transfer the broth to the pot.
7. Add 2 Tablespoons oil to the pan.  Add carrots, celery, onions, and garlic and stir fry for a few minutes. Then transfer them to the pot too.
8. Add potatoes to the pot as well as the remainder of the beef broth, bay leaves, worsteshire sauce and thyme.
9. Push the tomato paste down into the broth to dissolve and bring to a boil.
10. In a separate dish, add cornstarch and enough water to create a paste.  Add this paste to the stew.
11. Lower heat and simmer for one hour.
12. Enjoy!

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