Mardi Gras Catfish Gumbo Recipes

MARDI GRAS CATFISH GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy deep skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper and celery; cook, stirring often, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for another minute. Stir in tomatoes, broth, okra, corn, bay leaf, thyme, salt if desired, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Just before serving, stir in fish and cover. Cook, stirring gently 2 or 3 times, until fish is just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove bay leaf and season with hot sauce.

CATFISH AND OKRA GUMBO

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, add the oil. When the pan is hot, stir in flour using a hard plastic spatula to begin preparation of the roux.
• While preparing the roux, heat a pot of water with a teaspoon of sugar in it until it boils. Add corn and heat until bubbling again, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook for 8 minutes. Remove corn from water. When cool, cut kernels off the cob and set aside.
• Continue stirring and turning over the roux until the color resembles chocolate, about 15 minutes.
• Add the shallots, celery, okra, and bell peppers, cooking for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add the tomatoes, garlic, and serrano pepper and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the stock, corn kernels, bay leaves, oregano, and thyme. Bring the liquid up to a boil, about 8 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
• While the stock is cooking, break the sausage into small pieces and cook in a separate pan until browned. Remove from pan and place on paper towel, but leave the rendered fat in the pan.
• Using the pan with the rendered fat, cook catfish on medium heat until cooked through, flipping over after a few minutes.
• Fold in the catfish and sausage, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add water, increasing or decreasing to achieve desired consistency. Remove from the heat. Remove bay leaves and discard.
• To assemble, ladle the gumbo into a bowl with rice.

CATFISH GUMBO

Steps:

• Saute green pepper, celery, onion, and garlic in hot oil in a Dutch oven until tender.
• Stir in broth and next 6 ingredients; bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Cut catfish into 1-inch pieces; add to gumbo, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in okra; cook an additional 5 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Serve over rice.