Gumbo recipe

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Where do you live ? Is there a local meat market or store that sells quality smoked sausage ? First you gotta make a roux and set it aside. Brown your meats (C&S), and cook down the onion, garlic, bell pepper (holy trinity). Use chicken stock instead of water. After everything is done, I prefer to cook slow-n-low for several hours.

edit: you need gumbo crabs for a seafood gumbo. I made this several years ago. Make a stock using the shrimp and crab shells

Thanks, I have HEB nearby im about to got see what I can find. Sorry for the stupid question but what is a “gumbo” crab? Would regular blue crab not work?

They have an exquisit goat meat section.

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Small size blue crabs that aren't size worthy of doing a full blown crab boil.

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spot on perfect size for a gumbo , small to medium crabs that the top shell has been removed.
I crack them in half prior to adding to gumbo

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add the lump crab meat at the very end during the slow simmer

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Yep. I usually don't add it until I maybe when I kill the heat, or maybe simmer a couple of minutes. It will get stringy if you cook too long.