Fried chicken in gumbo? Tips?

Otis....don't do it...the extra flour from the breading will be obsorbed into your liquid, fall off into the pot and cause you unnecessary frustration. Now..being said..If you wish to garnish the top of the gumbo with deboned "spicy" boneless meat like crispy fried, spiced tenders which are juicy and nice...add then to the bowl as it is served and going to the table so that it does not "suck up the juice" and stays crisp. Could be good this way!!

Bad call. It will be nasty.

i've never tried it but there is a recipe for fried chicken gumbo in Donald Link's cookbook. thought it looked like an interesting idea but i haven't been willing to gamble on potentially ruining a gumbo if it doesn't work out....

You put cooked chicken in your gumbo? You are supposed to boil that shite halved and make the stock that way...at least that's how I've seen it done 100% of the time. Adding cooked anything in gumbo, outside of sausage, is stee-range to me.

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You put cooked chicken in your gumbo? You are supposed to boil that shite halved and make the stock that way

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boiled chicken=cooked chicken.You're speaking to 2 issues....how to cook the chicken to add to the gumbo and how to make the stock. I like to cook the chicken any number of ways(boiling can be one way), debone it, roast the bones and then use the roasted bones to make a richer stock.Plus, if I am boiling any chicken, I like to remove the skin first to cut down on excess grease in the dish, unless I have time to cool and skim the stock.I won't be able to do that Friday.

I use the Paul Prudhomme method all the time. I use skinless, but boned, because I simmer the bones in my stock. The frying oil is used to make the roux and it gives the gumbo a delicious flavor. Think about gravies made with fried chicken or fried pork chop drippings.

The chicken is not battered. It is only floured and the fried flour parts also add to the flavor of the gumbo.

It gets raves every time because it's different from the usual boiled chicken recipes. It doesn't need a lot of herbs and seasonings.

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Jacob's andoullie

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sounds like disgusting North Louisiana shite.

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Jacob's andoullie

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sounds like disgusting North Louisiana shite.

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I hope you are being sarcastic you dumb SOB.

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Paul Allen

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shite.

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for brains.

If I knew, I wouldn't have asked, so I'm going to assume you're just terribly uninformed and speak, freely, of that about which you know nothing. Bad habit, though.