Hey everyone, welcome to my recipe site, If you're looking for recipes idea to cook today, look no further! We provide you only the best Mike's New Orleans Old School Seafood Gumbo recipe here. We also have wide variety of recipes to try.

Mike's New Orleans Old School Seafood Gumbo
Mike's New Orleans Old School Seafood Gumbo

Before you jump to Mike's New Orleans Old School Seafood Gumbo recipe, you may want to read this short interesting healthy tips about The Foods You Select To Feed On Are Going To Effect Your Health.

With regards to the foods that you eat, you will find that your overall health can be effected either positively or negatively. One of the foods you really should be avoiding is just about any foods you get at a fast food spot. These kinds of foods are loaded with bad fat and also have hardly any nutritional value. That is why we are going to be going over the healthy foods that you should be ingesting that will have a beneficial effect on your health.

Although some of you like to have your snack foods, rather than reaching for the potato chips try getting some nuts. One of the health benefits of these nuts and seeds will be the Omega-3 and Omega-6 that can be obtained in them. Omega-3 and Omega-6 are called essential fatty acids and they are essential mainly because your body uses these fatty acids to keep your hormone levels where they should be. Some of these hormones that are needed can only be produced by having these fatty acids throughout your diet.

By following some of the suggestions above you will notice that you’ll be living a healthier life. Also if you remove all the unhealthy food that you really should not be eating anyway, you might find that you could end up living a longer life.

We hope you got benefit from reading it, now let’s go back to mike's new orleans old school seafood gumbo recipe. To cook mike's new orleans old school seafood gumbo you need 34 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you do it.

The ingredients needed to prepare Mike's New Orleans Old School Seafood Gumbo:
  1. You need ● For The Simple Roux
  2. Get AP Flour
  3. Take Bacon Grease
  4. Take ● For The Seafood
  5. Get Raw Jumbo Gulf Shrimp [de-veined - de-shelled & de-tail
  6. Provide Pre-Steamed Crawdad Tails [shell free & rinsed of any s
  7. Take Pre-Steamed Lump Crab Meat [fresh or canned - picked thr
  8. Prepare ● For The Meats
  9. Prepare Pre-cooked Andouille Sausage [rough chopped]
  10. Get ● For The Fresh & Canned Vegetables
  11. Prepare EX LG Green Bell Pepper [seeds & membranes removed - fine chop
  12. Provide EX LG White Onion [fine chopped]
  13. Use LG Celery Stalks [fine chopped with leaves]
  14. Take Garlic Cloves [fine minced]
  15. Get Can Stewed Tomatoes [hand crushed]
  16. Prepare Can Tomato Sauce
  17. Provide ● For The Seasonings
  18. Prepare LG Bay Leaves
  19. Provide Filo
  20. Get Granulated Sugar
  21. You need Tabasco Or Louisiana Hot Sauce [or, more to taste - we us
  22. You need Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning [or, more to taste + gar
  23. Take Dried Thyme
  24. Get Beef Bouillon Powder
  25. Take Gumbo File Powder
  26. You need Worshestershire Sauce
  27. Prepare Red Pepper Flakes
  28. Prepare Seafood, Beef Or Chicken Stock [low sodium]
  29. Provide ● For The Sides [as needed]
  30. Use Jalapeño Corn Bread
  31. You need Louisiana Or Tabasco Hot Sauce
  32. Prepare Tony Satcheries Creole Seasoning
  33. Take Potato Salad
  34. Take White Rice
Instructions to make Mike's New Orleans Old School Seafood Gumbo:
  1. Here's what you'll need. Crawdad tails and 12 cups seafood stock not pictured. Sorry. The students got a bit ancy in their picture taking between their dips in the pool and hot tub!
  2. Make your simple roux by whisking your flour and bacon grease together in a large, heavy based saucepan over medium heat to form your smooth brown roux. Whisk constantly for 40 - 45 minutes. Or, until your roux achieves a mahogany color. Know the hardest part of your roux will be the time it takes her to fully brown. Be patient and be sure not to burn. ● Authors Tip: Always save your un-burnt bacon grease in a tightly sealed jar in the fridge. It'll last forever and always comes in handy!
  3. A completed, darkened roux. This literally makes the gumbo! You should be smelling a delicious nutty scent by the time this specific color develops!
  4. Fine chop your hard vegetables. [trinity = celery, bell peppers & onions] Mince your garlic as well.
  5. Rough chop your pre-cooked Andouille Sausage.
  6. Add your vegetables in the roux and mix in your sausage. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat and simmer until your vegetables are slightly tender. About 10 minutes but again, stir constantly.
  7. If you'd like - create your own seafood stock with your leftover fluids from your de-thawed shrimp, shells, tails and excess fluids from your seafood bags. Add a total of 12 cups water. Boil for 15 minutes and fine strain. Add seafood stock to pot. This is so much better than plain old water! Chicken or beef stock works as well in a pinch.
  8. Now, bring roux, vegetables, broth, bouillon and all seasonings to a simmer for 30 minutes except for filet powder. Add filet 15 minutes and stir prior to serving while at a heavy simmer. Pull bay leaves out following that simmer.
  9. Add your de-thawed, de-veined, de-shelled and de-tailed raw jumbo shrimp and simmer on high for two minutes. You don't want to over cook them. Then, add pre-steamed crab meat and crawdad tails for 1 minute longer and simmer on high. Just enough to heat them. ● Authors Note: Both Gulf and East Coast Raw Jumbo Shrimp were used in this recipe out of necessity today. I usually only use Jumbo Gulf Coast Shrimp. This explains the color variations below if you're at all curious by the photo below.
  10. ● Authors Tip: Always save your un-burnt bacon grease in a tightly sealed jar in the fridge. It'll last forever and always comes in handy!
  11. Rinse pre-steamed crawdad tails of any silt - as there WILL be some - then rough chop. To be added in the last 1 minute of cooking. Just enough time to heat them and finish up the shrimp. ● Authors Note: You can purchase crawdad tails at any Walmart in the frozen seafood section. Much like the roux - these little bad boys really do make the dish!
  12. Pre-steamed lump crab meat. Carefully pick thru for any crab shells. To be added in the last 1 minute of cooking. Just enough time to heat them and finish up the shrimp.
  13. Enjoy your authentic taste of NOLA! [new orleans]
  14. It's even better if left to sit overnight in the fridge. She'll darken a bit as she sets. This dish is also great for busy, "on the go," work lunches!
  15. This is always a traditional egg-celent chilly side to any Gumbo. See my recipe for, "Mike's Old Fashion Potato Egg Salad," under my profile to serve as a side dish if you'd like. Like Gumbo itself, it's so much better on the second day! Enjoy!

If you find this Mike's New Orleans Old School Seafood Gumbo recipe helpful please share it to your close friends or family, thank you and good luck.