Moorhen And Smoked Sausage Gumbo

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	59ml	Bacon grease
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Sliced okra
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Flour
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Onion - chopped (large)
1		Green bell pepper - chopped
2		Celery ribs - chopped
7 cups	1659ml	Hot water
		Cubed breast meat from 5 moorhens
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Smoked sausage - cut bite size
1		Green onions - chopped
1		Garlic clove - minced
1		Bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Thyme
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
		Worcestershire sauce - to taste
		Tabasco sauce - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Cook okra in 2 tablespoons bacon grease and set aside.

Make a roux by heating the remaining bacon grease and the butter in a large Dutch oven; stir in the flour. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until roux is light brown. Add onion, bell pepper and celery, and cook until onion is clear.

Add three cups hot water, moorhen meat, sausage, okra, green onions, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat 2 hours.

Add four more cups hot water, and Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco to taste. Cook over low heat 2 hours.

Add four more cups hot water, and Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco to taste. Cook over low heat 2 more hours. Serve over cooked rice.

This recipe yields ?? servings.

Source:
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission at http://www.agfc.com

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