Shrimp And Duck Gumbo Recipes

Steps:

• Pat duck dry, then prick skin of duck all over with tip of a sharp knife.
• Heat oil in a wide 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat, then brown duck in 3 batches, skin side down, turning over once, 8 to 10 minutes per batch.
• Transfer duck to a bowl and pour off and discard all but 1/4 cup fat from pot.
• Reduce heat to moderately low, then add flour to fat in pot. Cook roux, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula or spoon, until well-browned (a shade darker than peanut butter), about 20 minutes. Add onions, celery, bell peppers, bay leaves, and salt and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender, 6 to 10 minutes. Add broth, water, and duck with any juices accumulated in bowl and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until duck is tender, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove gumbo from heat, then transfer duck to a cutting board with a slotted spoon and shred meat into large pieces, discarding bones and skin. Skim fat from surface of gumbo, then return duck to gumbo. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and stir in shrimp, scallions, and cayenne. Simmer gumbo until shrimp is just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Serve gumbo over white rice.

Steps:

• Prepare the roux: In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high. (A large stockpot works, but a Dutch oven is ideally shaped for whisking a roux.) Slowly shake the flour over the oil with one hand while whisking with the other hand. Continue to whisk until the roux darkens to a glossy, dark red-brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to medium and stir the onion, celery and bell peppers into the roux to prevent it from burning, about 3 minutes. Stir in the sausage and cook until coated, a few more minutes.
• Gradually add the stock, stirring constantly as you add the liquid. Add the thyme, oregano, bay leaves and garlic and simmer over medium-low, stirring and skimming every 20 minutes, until the flavors have melded, about 2 hours. For a thinner gumbo, add water, as desired (up to 2 cups).
• Stir in the duck meat just before serving and cook until warmed, 3 to 5 minutes. (An extended cook time would turn the meat mushy.) Add the salt and hot sauce to taste. Serve over rice or potato salad.

Steps:

• Broth:
• To a large stockpot, add the ducks, onions, bell peppers, garlic, bouillon, salt, pepper, bay leaves, and enough water to cover the ducks. Bring to a boil and cook the ducks for about 1 hour, until tender. Remove ducks and pull the breast meat from the bones and chop them into small pieces - use only the breast meat and discard the rest of the bird or save for another use. Strain the broth and save. Set aside the chopped duck breast and broth to use later.
• Roux:
• In a large, deep, black skillet or kettle, fry the bacon. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon, leaving the grease in the pan. To the hot bacon grease, slowly add the flour, if the mixture is of a paste consistency, add more bacon grease or oil until it's loose and easy to stir. Stirring constantly, flour-grease mixture should cook on medium heat until a dark caramel color is obtained. Add the salt and pepper and stir. As soon as the salt and pepper are stirred into the roux, add the remaining ingredients to make the gumbo.
• To the hot roux, add broth, then the onions, peppers and tomatoes. Add the seasonings. Then add sausage, duck, bacon pieces and okra. Next add the shrimp, cook until shrimp is pink. Finally, add the gumbo file and stir. Let gumbo simmer for about 1 hour. The longer it simmers, the better it gets.
• Serve over white rice with hot French bread

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pot over low heat, warm the bacon fat. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. Continue cooking over low heat, whisking frequently until the roux is nut-brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Immediately stir in the onions, green and red peppers, celery, garlic, chili pepper, scallions and parsley and cook until the onions are transparent, about 10 minutes. Add the okra, stir and cook for 15 minutes. Add the tomatoes, bay leaves, thyme, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, salt and chicken broth. Simmer over medium heat.
• Shell and devein the shrimp. Place the shells in a pot and cover with 2 pints of cold water. Place over medium heat and simmer, uncovered for 30 minutes. Drain, discard the shells and reserve the broth.
• Warm the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Dust the duck pieces with the flour and brown evenly on all sides. Remove the duck from the skillet and drain the oil. Add the shrimp broth to the skillet, scrape well and simmer for two minutes.
• Add the duck, sausage and shrimp broth to the gumbo and simmer for two and a half hours. Add the shrimp and simmer for an additional 30 minutes. Adjust seasoning with additional salt and black pepper and serve with a spoonful of rice in the center of the gumbo.

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, heat 2 teaspoons of oil and cook the first three vegetables until soft, about 8 minutes. Scrape the mixture into a bowl and set aside. Heat the remaining 1/4 cup oil over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Gradually add the flour using a long-handled whisk (mixture will get very hot). Lower the heat slightly and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture turns a deep reddish brown color, about 7 minutes.
• Remove from heat and gradually whisk in the chicken broth. Stir in the onion mixture, herbs, spices, pepper and salt. Add the duck and simmer slowly for 25 minutes, skimming off the foam. Stir in the okra and cook 5 minutes longer. Remove the pan from the heat. Remove the duck with tongs; when cool, pull the meat off the bones and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Skim fat from the broth. Bring to a boil. Stir in the shrimp, immediately remove from the heat and let stand for 2 minutes. Stir in the duck meat and add salt and pepper to taste. Ladle over cooked white rice and serve.

Steps:

• Line a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with a Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner.
• Add tomatoes, chicken, broth, green pepper, onion, celery, Cajun seasoning, garlic, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to prepared slow cooker. Stir gently with wooden spoon or rubber scraper to combine.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• Remove lid and stir in shrimp gently with a wooden spoon or rubber scraper. Cover and cook about 3 minutes more, or until shrimp is opaque. Serve over cooked rice.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy 13-quart pot over medium-high heat until very hot and almost smoking. Add flour and stir constantly until mixture is dark reddish brown, about 5 minutes. Add chopped onions, chopped bell peppers, and chopped celery and cook until onions are soft and brown, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes. Add garlic and cayenne and stir 2 minutes. Add wine, thyme, and bay leaves; bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes with juice, clam juice, broth, sausage, and chicken; simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Add okra and simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. Do ahead Gumbo base can be made 2 days ahead. Cool slightly. Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled. Bring base to simmer before continuing.
• Add shrimp to pot and cook shrimp until just opaque in center, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Season gumbo to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with minced parsley and serve with steamed rice alongside.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over medium heat, cook and stir flour and oil until caramel-colored, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes (do not burn). Add the celery, green pepper and onion; cook and stir until tender, for 5-6 minutes. Stir in the broth, garlic, salt, pepper and cayenne; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes., Stir in the shrimp, okra, green onions and tomato. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until shrimp turn pink, 10 minutes. Stir in file powder. Serve with rice.