Ingredients
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6 -8 cups greens (choose 1 cup each -- spinach, chard, kale, radish, celery, mustard, dau miu, turnip, collards, beets)
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1 large onion
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1/4 teaspoon black pepper
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1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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1/4 teaspoon thyme
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1/4 teaspoon oregano
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1/4 teaspoon allspice
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2 bay leaves
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1/4 cup vegetable oil or 1/4 cup bacon fat
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1/4 cup flour
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5 cups vegetable broth or 5 cups hot chicken broth
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4 cups cooked rice (1 1/3 cup raw)
Instructions
- Wash the greens, roll them up and shred them finely, and measure them.
- Steam them in the water that clings to them.
- Set them aside, with any cooking liquid from them.
- Mix the peeled chopped onion with the seasonings.
- Set aside.
- Make a roux by cooking the fat and flour, stirring constantly, until it browns, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the seasoned onions, and cook them slowly for 10 minutes or so, stirring occasionally.
- Slowly stir in the stock.
- If using leftover rice, break it up and stir it in.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add the greens, heat through, and serve.
- If using rice freshly made for this dish, omit adding the rice to the gumbo.
- Put some in each bowl and serve the gumbo over it.
- (Just simmer the gumbo 10 minutes after the roux and stock have been mixed, then add the greens.).