Greens Gumbo Recipe

Just call it the way of New Orleans great cooks cook that Gumbo many ways to please your pleasure in a taste of  Cajun style. The first time I taste this Gumbo I was a very young woman and now I prepare for so many occasions.everyone who has this recipe prepare it the same way.... but it's never taste the same.




1 cup cooking oil
  
1 cup flour
  
2 cups chopped onion
  
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
  
1 cup chopped celery
  
4 cloves garlic
  
2 bay leaves
 
1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning
  
1 pound smoke ham chopped
 
10 cups chicken broth
  
1 pounds each mustard greens and turnip greens clean and chopped
  
Salt to taste

Red Pepper to taste

Heat the oil in an pan

stir in the flour to create a roux

Brown to a light brown

Until you get a dark brown

Add the holy trinity (the onion, pepper and celery); increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.

Stir in the bay leaves and Cajun/Creole seasoning

 Bring 10 cups of chicken broth to a simmer in a large pot.

Add the greens and Cajun/Creole seasoning as needed. Bring just to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 1 hour.




Add  Smoke Ham

And Smoke Sausage

Cook 15 mins