Wrong way to cook gumbo?

You're gonna need stock.
Cook your chicken, debone, set meat aside, simmer the bones, strain, then add that stock.

Reincorporate the meat after you've added the stock to the roux and vegetables.

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It's going to be difficult to fish out the bones etc... when the meat is cooked. I won't say it's wrong, but I wouldn't do it that way. Sounds like extra work that's going to be difficult and you'll be pulling out gumbo and trinity when removing the hen to remove and chop the meat, plus I think it will be more difficult to remove the grease from the fat.

Some folks use water and then add raw meat to the gumbo and cook it that way. Might not be as rich, but it can still be good.

Why would you want to do it this way? I'm curious.

That's interesting. Seems like it would be so much messier to do it that way, though.

Boil water, add onions, garlic, bay leaves, a little tony's, and chicken in one of those mesh netting things.
boil
remove chicken in the mesh.

Add roux. boil until the roux has dissolved. Add sausage and seasonings.

Skim grease, add back deboned chicken meat. bring to boil and done.


It ain't the best gumbo, but it'll eat.

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Chicken in net would simplify things.

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Bigly.

This is the way my mom has always cooked gumbo. It's fast, and she was a teacher. We could get home and have gumbo ready inside of an hour or so.

A little bit, usually I can boil a 5 lber for about 45, 50 minutes, and its done.

use this instead of water. much easier than boiling chicken bones.

this is better

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you'll be making the broth as the meat, skin & bones cook.

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