Express Seafood Gumbo

If you’ve never tried my seafood gumbo because you didn’t feel like making a seafood stock or peeling and deveining tons of shrimp, you’re in luck! Here is the express version of my seafood gumbo that will take you half the time.

You will start with a roux (sorry, I’m not cutting that part out lol) but instead of using a homemade seafood stock, I boiled water with chicken bouillon cubes added. 

- Since I didn’t make stock, there was no need to peel shrimp. I used peeled and deveined shrimp. 


-I used precut seasonings (2 containers of Guidry’s) , 1 rotisserie chicken and 2 bags of precut okra. Normally I use fresh seasonings and I bake chicken wings to add to the gumbo. 

Basically, you will follow my original recipe (fave-christmas-foods-pt-1louisiana-seafood-gumbo-recipe.html) but replace the seafood stock, chicken wings and fresh seasonings with the ingredients below. This is a much smaller batch than I typically make therefore the roux is also condensed.  It took me about 15-20 mins to make the roux vs. 45 mins. I used this 15 inch roaster to make the gumbo (https://www.goodwoodhardware.com/15-mcware-oval-roaster/).

Roux: 2 cups of flour
1 and 1/4  cup of corn oil

Homemade Stock Replacement:
4 bouillon cubes and water in 5 quart pot. Bring to a boil and add ladle by ladle once roux is completed and seasonings are added.
So what’s the verdict on the express version of my gumbo? It still tasted BOMB. I noticed the missing seafood stock but my family didn’t.

How do you speed up your gumbo recipe? Let me know if you use this recipe!! Tag me on instagram (@bmycurlfriend)

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veining tons of shrimp, you’re in luck! R e version of my seafood gumbo that will take you half the time.

You will start with a roux (sorry, I’m not cutting that part out lol) but instead of using a homemade seafood stock, I boiled water with chicken bouillon cubes adde

Roux: 2 cups of flour
1 and 1/4  cup of corn oil

Homemade Stock Replacement:
4 bouillon cubes and water in 5 quart pot. Bring to a boil and add ladle by ladle once roux is completed and seasonings are added.

Let me know if you use this recipe!! Tag me on instagram (@bmycurlfriend)