Gumbo Pot Pie Recipes

GUMBO POT PIE

Steps:

• Roux: In a heavy skillet, combine oil with flour and cook over medium heat stirring constantly until dark brown in color. Immediately remove from heat. Roux will continue to cook, stir occasionally. Be careful not to burn your roux or the final dish will taste bitter.
• Gumbo: In a large Dutch oven pot, melt butter then add onions, garlic, peppers, and celery. Cook over medium heat on stove until tender, about 5 minutes. Add sausage and tasso and cook for 5 minutes on medium-low heat. Stir in seafood stock, roux, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Add cayenne pepper, hot sauce, garlic, salt, rice, shrimp, crab meat, and okra. Simmer on medium heat until seafood is cooked, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add green onions and mix well. Pour into a greased 2 to 3-quart baking dish.
• Topping: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Open crescent rolls, separate each triangle and place on top of gumbo mixture. Bake in oven for 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, if desired.

CHICKEN GUMBO POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Heat the oil in an ovenproof 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until just tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the spice mix and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the stewed tomatoes and bring to a boil. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the juices release and evaporate, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken and cook until the meat just loses its pink color, about 3 minutes.
• Unroll the crust and center over the chicken-vegetable filling in the skillet; poke 3 slits in the dough. Transfer to the oven and bake until the crust is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

SEAFOOD GUMBO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Make the filling: spread the flour in a shallow baking pan and bake for 12-15 minutes, stirring or shaking frequently until well browned (be careful not to let the flour burn); set aside.
• In a large nonstick skillet, melt the butter; add in the garlic, onion, celery, and peppers; cook/stir over med-high heat until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add in sausage and ham; sprinkle the browned flour over and mix until all ingredients are coated with flour.
• Add in the chicken broth and heat to boiling; lower heat and simmer 15 minutes, until the mixture is thickened.
• Add in the shrimp, crabmeat, okra, and gumbo file.
• Cook/stir over med-high heat for 2-3 minutes or until shrimp are pink.
• Add in hot sauce, lemon juice, and salt/pepper to taste (at this point, you may cover and refrigerate the gumbo until the next day; simply reheat to simmering before proceeding).
• Preheat oven to 425°; turn seafood mixture into a shallow 2 1/2 quart casserole; set aside.
• Make the crust: combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a big bowl.
• Cut in the butter using a pastry blender, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in 1/2 cup buttermilk just until a dough forms; add 1 to 2 more tablespoons if needed.
• On a floured surface, roll the dough out until 1/2 inch thick.
• With a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out rounds and arrange on top of the gumbo.
• Brush the biscuits with the melted butter.
• Bake until the filling is bubbly and the biscuits are golden and light, 20-25 minutes.