New Orleans Gumbo

12 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. salt pork
  • 1 fryer chicken, cut up
  • 2 lb. hot sausage, cut up
  • 2 lb. crab legs
  • 1 lb. ham, cubed
  • 2 to 3 tomatoes or 2 small cans whole tomatoes
  • 2 to 3 lb. shrimp, shelled
  • 2 to 3 onions, chopped
  • celery, chopped
  • 1 lb. okra, sliced
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 tsp. file powder

Directions

  1. 1
    Fry salt pork in heavy skillet until crisp.
  2. 2
    Add flour to slightly thicken and make a roux (gravy).
  3. 3
    Pour mixture into a large kettle of water.
  4. 4
    Add cut up chicken, ham and sausage.
  5. 5
    Cook until chicken is done.
  6. 6
    Add celery, tomatoes and onion.
  7. 7
    Cook for 20 minutes.
  8. 8
    Add okra, crab legs and shrimp.
  9. 9
    Cook until okra is tender.
  10. 10
    Add file powder.
  11. 11
    Serve over hot, steaming rice.

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