Skipper's Turkey Branch Gumbo:

Bayou Classic


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Items needed:

 

  • 5 1/2 cups extra light olive oil
  • 9 cups whole wheat flour
  • 15 red peppers
  • 9 red onions
  • 3 packages celery
  • 1 large bottle chopped garlic
  • 12 ripe tomatoes
  • 1/5 can Old Bay seasoning
  • 30 lbs fresh, peeled de-veined shrimp
  • 2 gal fresh, shucked oysters
  • 10 lbs claw meat
  • 2-3 bottles Georgia Peach Vidalia Onion Hot Sauce
  • 15 cans 14.5 oz (250 oz) chicken broth
  • 3 bottles chopped jalapenos
  • 2 cans 12 oz tomato paste
  • 1 bottle (20) bay leaves
  • 3 large bages cut okra
  • 2 cans whole peeled tomatoes
  • 4 regular cans garlic, basil, oregano, diced tomato sauce
  • 2 containers 36 oz Texati Besmati Whole Grain Rice

This recipe makes about 9 gallons with shrimp, before adding oysters, crabmeat and rice. Final recipe makes about 15 gallons.

Directions:

  1. Pour 3 of the 9 gallons into a separate pot.
  2. Add 1/3 oysters with liquor and crabmeat to the 3 gallons of shrimp and the remaining 2/3 to the 6 gallon pot of shrimp
  3. Cover mixture with layer of file and let sit.
  4. Stir in file and add rice.

Equipment Used:

  • Bayou Classic 18 Gallon Jambalaya Kit
  • Bayou Classic Cajun Stir Paddle