Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo

[two_bit_score]

Yep lots of ways to make gumbo!

My favorite bought Gumbos:

1) Ragin Cajun - Houston, Texas
2) Water Street Seafood Company - Corpus Christi, Texas
3) Gilhooley's - San Leon, Texas
4) Goode Company Seafood - Houston, Texas

You can get oysters in any of these gumbo's. Chicken, shrimp, sausage, fish, oysters, it's all good!

 

[gsganzer]

I've been working in Baton Rouge for the past week. Right next to my hotel is a good seafood place. I've had chargrilled oysters and seafood gumbo a couple nights already. I stopped by a local grocery store and found some sassafras (file powder) that was in the OP's recipe. I'll make some seafood gumbo when I get home.

 

[tallyho8]

I'll definitely try it with a mix of crawfish tails! What are your sweet onions? Vidalia?

No, not Vidalia. We have trouble getting sweet Vidalia onions here. Any onion grown in the Vidalia area can be labeled "Vidalia onions" even if they are not sweet and we often get a bag of them that tastes like regular white onions. We prefer "Texas sweet onions". They can grow them anywhere in Texas but they have to be sweet to be labeled Texas Sweet.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We raise onions every year so we can have green onions; the bulk of which are Texas 1015's. Very sweet, but they don't get real big and don't keep as well as some of the others. Doesn't matte; we eat them almost like apples if we have tomatoes and sweet banana peppers, so they don't last very long any way.

 

[ray66v]

We raise onions every year so we can have green onions; the bulk of which are Texas 1015's. Very sweet, but they don't get real big and don't keep as well as some of the others. Doesn't matte; we eat them almost like apples if we have tomatoes and sweet banana peppers, so they don't last very long any way.

My 1015Y's get baseball size and up.

But, also don't keep long.

Giving them a fair amount of water, seems to be the big factor in how sweet they are.

The onions in this photo weren't done growing.

 

[downsizingnow48]

I’ll have to see if the Texas sweet onions are available here. I tried Vidalia onions when we lived in Virginia but tasted like any other onion to me.

 

[ray66v]

I値l have to see if the Texas sweet onions are available here. I tried Vidalia onions when we lived in Virginia but tasted like any other onion to me.

I'm told the seed is the same.

The difference is the soil, and the amount of water.

Like grapes for wine, this all varies to some extent each year. So, sometimes they are sweeter than others.

The biggest difference you can see, is how much sulfenic acid is inside when you cut it open.

A sweet onion, won't make you tear up. For that reason, it's all I buy.

 

[two_bit_score]

Goode Company Seafood today in Houston, Texas!



Delicious!

 

[Hroller]

I use chicken instead of shrimp, it's not filé gumbo from Mothers, but it's GOOD.

 

[RobertN]

I've lived here(greater Sacramento area) my whole life; never seen stores or farmers market carry "Texas Sweet Onions".
You might ask around at the produce booths at Denio's, or ask the Perry Bros booth at the Saturday market at Sunrise Mall.

They are really a thing, but never heard of them here. They are not a native to Texas; they came from Bermuda.
History of the Sweet Texas Onions | Archives | Aggie Horticulture

There are lots of onion variety grown in the Sacramento region; sure you can find comparable sweet onions.

I’ll have to see if the Texas sweet onions are available here. I tried Vidalia onions when we lived in Virginia but tasted like any other onion to me.

 

[downsizingnow48]

You are right about the Texas sweet onions, not to be found. Corti Bros has Walla Walla sweet onions which are very nice. I've been using them for various things recently. Might make another batch of gumbo soon. I want to find frozen crawfish tails too.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We have used yellow onions nearly exclusively for years; I was convinced that other onions gave me indigestion, and the yellow onions...besides being sweet...didn't.

 

[RobertN]

Well I'll be expecting an invite for that Gumbo, neighbor

I don't recall frozen crawdads, but you might try 99 Ranch Market or KP International Market.

Or just go catch some. I think you need a fishing license. Done well in the past right around Rainbow Bridge with bologna or a hot dog ties on some string, and a net. Should be easy to catch them anywhere on the American or Sacramento rivers.

You are right about the Texas sweet onions, not to be found. Corti Bros has Walla Walla sweet onions which are very nice. I've been using them for various things recently. Might make another batch of gumbo soon. I want to find frozen crawfish tails too.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Found frozen crawdad tails at Corti Bros. I went there for pork belly which is also hard to find, and there it was right beside it. Never noticed before because I wasn't thinking about it.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Found frozen crawdad tails at Corti Bros. I went there for pork belly which is also hard to find, and there it was right beside it. Never noticed before because I wasn't thinking about it.

Please read the fine print on those crawfish tails. Many times they are imported from China. Always try to buy Louisiana crawfish!!!

 

[two_bit_score]

Always try to buy Louisiana crawfish!!!

The ONLY kind to buy! :thumbsup:

 

[downsizingnow48]

Yes it is from China. Says so in large print on the package. Not sure Louisiana crawfish get this far west.

 

[downsizingnow48]

I thought about catching them in the American River which is about a mile from our house. But the license costs $50, and you would need to hire a PhD biologist to interpret the 100 pages of regulations for freshwater fishing.

 

[Tomtint]

My wife made what I thought was gumbo..but is actually jambalia a couple times over the last few weeks. Based somewhat on this thread. Its made with rice, shrimp, sweet sausage,spicy sausage,chicken, red and green peppers, a few other moderately spicy seasonings. ..Very hearty and filling. About 8-10 mouthfuls and the heat starts to build.

 

[RobertN]

The Sacramento area has great crawdads. In the Delta, the Sacramento and American rives, and local lakes. You have to catch them though; they are not harvested for sale.

Always try to buy Louisiana crawfish!!!