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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook leftover thanksgiving gumbo! using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!:
- Make ready Leftover Turkey
- Make ready Leftover Ham
- Prepare Leftover cornbread dressing
- Make ready Leftover Turkey gravy
- Take 2 mashed sweet potatoes
- Take 1 onion
- Prepare 3 celery
- Get 1 jalapeno
- Get 6 large cloves garlic
- Prepare 4 knorr chicken bouillon cubes
- Make ready 1 tbsp garlic powder
- Get 2 tsp onion powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp cajun seasoning
- Prepare to taste Salt and pepper
- Get 2 tbsp butter
- Get For roux
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups flour
- Make ready 2 cups vegetable or corn oil
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Steps to make Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!:
- Mince all vegetables, set aside. Remove fatty parts from ham and cut into 1 inch pieces. Heat butter in skillet and sear ham. Drain if ham releases a lot of fat and return to skillet. Add 2 cups of water and scrape sear from bottom of the pan. Reduce to lowest heat setting and allow to slowly simmer while you prepare the rest of the gumbo.
- Have a few quarts of water set to side of stove (you will need it when roux is done). In a Dutch oven use medium setting to heat oil. Test for readiness by dropping a pinch of flour into pot, if it sizzles, it's ready. Add flour one cup at a time and whisk until all is incorporated. Lower heat to medium low (I set mine on 3 or 4) and CONSTANTLY stir with metal or wooden spatula until roux is the color of chocolate. This takes 20 to 30 minutes. I pull up a bar stool, have a seat and stir :)
- When roux is ready add your vegetables and continue to stir for a few minutes more until roux is shiny and smooth. Add water that was set aside and stir.
- Add leftover gravy and stir
- Add ham and water it's been simmering in.
- Add mashed sweet potatoes and stir.
- Fill pot with water until about 3/4 full. Add all of your seasonings and slowly bring to boil stirring occasionally. Lower heat and simmer 30 minutes.
- Add Turkey and cook another 10 minutes
- Serve with leftover cornbread dressing
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