Live TD cook thread: gumbo time

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

A lot of cooking goin on this weekend. Cooking turkey and sausage gumbo for my second soup/stew throwdown entry.

My son is home from,school and requested spaghetti and meatballs so A huge pot of Sunday gravy will be thrown together. This dish does not follow TD rules because nothing is smoked. I will still post cook progress for entertainment purposes. And at some point a pot of bison, beef and lamb chili

The gumbo:

I have a turkey breast and thighs rubbed down with Meat Church holy voodoo and will smoke on the rec Tec at 250

Making use of yesterday’s fried turkey carcass and bones for stock.

Check y’all later with updates

SweetHeatBBQnSC · Nov 27, 2020

I like so far...
How is voodoo on poultry?

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Alright. Turkey is on the smoker. Stock smells great.

Now on to the Sunday gravy. 1large can of crushed tomatoes and 2 cups of Marsala wine heating up in the crock pot with a little turkey stock. Make the meatballs. Basically a slightly modified Betty Crocker recipe.

2lbs ground chuck
2lbs ground pork
1 large onion chopped fine
4eggs
1cup milk
2 cups bread crumbs
1cup Parmesan
Couple tsp salt and pepper
Couple tsp Worcestershire degreeoven for 30 min or so

This is 2 pans worth with enough leftover to go on the smoker for the cook. Might as well toss on a sage fatty.

For the gravy, sautéed some onions and celery in oil. Once,they are cooked down add about 8 cloves of minced garlic. Then add about 3-12 oz cans of tomato paste and fry that down.add to the crock pot and add stock until desired thickness is achieved.

Back in a bit

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

SweetHeatBBQnSC said:
I like so far...
How is voodoo on poultry?

Voodoo on poultry is very good. Especially on wings

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Okay meatballs are in the crock pot. This will cook on low through the evening. In about an hour, my son will be continually coming into the kitchen to steal a couple of meatballs at a time.

Ok that is it for the gravy. The rest of the thread will be about the gumbo

ShadowDriver · Nov 27, 2020

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Meatballs have been off for a while and somehow disappeared. Not sure where they went. Turkey breast is off and I will let the thighs go to around 185. Will cool completely and shred or chop.

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Ok so all meat is off the smoker. Pulled the turkey skin off and back on the smoker to render further for a cooks treat. I gotta tell you. Smoked turkey thighs is a real treat. I was hoping to find some duck breast at the store but wasn’t in the cards so went with turkey thighs instead. So good. Hopefully there is enough left to add to the gumbo.

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Let me tell you about that turkey skin. Awesome

Stingerhook · Nov 27, 2020

This is shaping up to be epic!

kevinstaggs · Nov 27, 2020

chingador said:
Let me tell you about that turkey skin. Awesome

That does look good.

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Time to get serious about the gumbo. Start with the roux. About 3/4 cup avocado oil and a little more than a cup of flour. Meat is cut up. Fire at medium low. Will take my sweet time.

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

The meat...

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Roux getting more color. Honesty up front folks. I usually do a lighter roux because I hate burnt roux. Kind of a wimp that way.

Shadowdog500 · Nov 27, 2020

That’s shaping up to be a killer gumbo. I’m getting hungry!

Biloxidman · Nov 27, 2020

Have you ever tried microwave roux? Sounds sacreligious but my 83 year old sister gave me the recipe. Told me you can easily get the color you like and it works like a charm!

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

My aunt from Louisiana does that. You can also do it in an oven. But I make a roux once twice per year so in the pot it is.

Shadowdog500 · Nov 27, 2020

chingador said:
Okay meatballs are in the crock pot. This will cook on low through the evening. In about an hour, my son will be continually coming into the kitchen to steal a couple of meatballs at a time.

Ok that is it for the gravy. The rest of the thread will be about the gumbo

Who among us never ate a meatball or two straight from the pot while it was cooking.

Gravy? Do they call spaghetti sauce gravy in Texas? When I was growing up I commented on the great “spaghetti sauce” and my friends mom from south Philly bit my head off like I offended her and corrected me that it was “gravy”.

Biloxidman · Nov 27, 2020

chingador said:
My aunt from Louisiana does that. You can also do it in an oven. But I make a roux once twice per year so in the pot it is.

Never tried it in the oven since the microwave method is easy. But my Momma always used he black cast iron skillet..

chingador · Nov 27, 2020

Shadowdog500 said:
Who among us never ate a meatball or two straight from the pot while it was cooking.

Gravy? Do they call spaghetti sauce gravy in Texas? When I was growing up I commented on the great “spaghetti sauce” and my friends mom from south Philly bit my head off like I offended her and corrected me that it was “gravy”.

I grew up with some Italians. They referred to the Sunday sauce as suga or gravy. Not a Texas thing at all.

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