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This recipe certainly reflects our area of the country. It really is a meal in itself.
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Nutritional Analysis: 1 cup equals 473 calories, 22 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 94 mg cholesterol, 646 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 29 g protein.
Originally published as Louisiana Gumbo in Country February/March 1997, p49
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Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2013 by thesnappysneezer
This is not gumbo. How dare you destroy the good name and flavour and hisotry of Gumbo with this blatant, tasteless, worthless lie. YOU DO NOT PUT BEANS IN GUMBO. Your photo looks nothing like gumbo. You a horrid chef.
Reviewed on Feb. 03, 2013 by lovebugmama
This is not the way of any real southern ladies idea of gumbo.Both of g.moms from the deep south.I was showed the real southern way to make gumbo,and this an't it.sorry you blew it.
Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2012 by jsbr
We loved this recipe! I omitted the okra as my family doesn't care for it at all. We'll definitely be making it again.
Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2011 by LadyNouvelleCuisine
My family loved this recipe. I did change it a bit because we're not fond of kidney beans; so I simply left those out and added more of our favorites. I also substituted the ham for chicken. All in all this is a great dish!
Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2011 by vewebber58
I bought the ingredients for this soup before I read all the other comments..I thought it sounded delicious, and being from Kansas, I didn't care about what is considered traditional or not about gumbos. I did do some research online and apparently there are about as many recipes for it as there are people in louisiana! I went ahead and made this recipe just as it's written, and we loved it.....it's delicious! I love the smokiness from the ham andsausage, and the thickness the roux gives it. I checked out many other recipes, and most had tomatoes in them, but not all. I remember a canned chicken gumbo soup my mother used to give us, and I didn't care for it at all. I don't know what the big contoiversy is here.....this is a wonderful dish, and whoever sent it in didn't say it was representative of all of Louisiana, just that it represented the part that person was from. This is a keeper for me!
Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2010 by doublerj
I unlike the rest of you am not familiar with gumbo. I did make this recipe, but did not follow completely. I added my own homemade Cajun stewed tomatoes ( 1 quart) plus 2 Tbsp Cajun seasoning and instead of cooking my chicken in water I used 2 - 900 ml tetra containers reduced sodium chicken stock. Now I did not make this soup because of the name, but I thought it might taste good and with my small changes it does. As for being upset about the name you could call it horse crap soup and be upset because it doesn't have any horse crap in it. The bottom line is that it still taste pretty good.
Reviewed on Aug. 10, 2009 by nancyendicott
sway, and 4taste,Get over it! "Louisiana Gumbo" is just a name. Why be so condemning???Alice
sway, and 4taste,
Get over it! "Louisiana Gumbo" is just a name. Why be so condemning???
Alice
Reviewed on Oct. 11, 2008 by sway
This is not Louisians Gumbo !I don't know where this came from but it is not Louisiana Gumbo. I have been eating gumbo for almost 70 years and never heard of red beans in gumbo.This is no way near Louisiana Gumbo. SHAME ON YOU !sway
This is not Louisians Gumbo !
I don't know where this came from but it is not Louisiana Gumbo. I have been eating gumbo for almost 70 years and never heard of red beans in gumbo.
This is no way near Louisiana Gumbo. SHAME ON YOU !
sway
Reviewed on Oct. 09, 2008 by 4taste
I don't know who or where this recipe came from, but I do know this much;this is NOT Louisiana gumbo! Though I wasn't born in that unique state, I WAS raised there for most of my life and though I saw differences from one gumbo to another they were very slight and NONE of them, NOT EVER looked like the one pictured here! ALL OF THEM were DARK and rich with flavor. NEVER,NEVER did I EVER see beans of any kind in any Louisiana gumbo. Taste of Home, you should have known better than to publish this recipe as a Louisiana recipe because it does NOT present a true reflection of La. gumbo.
Reviewed on Jul. 23, 2008 by lsufan31
I don't know who made this recipe up but it is no gumbo.As a louisianian I am appalled that someone would even try to call this a gumbo!!!!We do not put red beans or ham for that matter in our gumbo's and we make a bold dark rich roux unlike whatever this concoction is!!!Please rename this or take it off your web site ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed on Jun. 02, 2008 by Beluga54
No one I know down here in Louisiana puts red beans in the gumbo. Also, the color of the gumbo is much too light; a gumbo should have a deep, rich color and NO red beans. Of course, red beans is a choice for the cook, but I don't think you'll find too many people making that choice. Gumbo doesn't need red beans.
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