- Phil Mayers
- Mar 18
- 3 min read
Updated: May 4
17. LITTLE PHIL’S YUMMY GUMBO
Very Simple and Extremely Delicious! Serves 4-6 Hungry Hogs!
THE PIG IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN
SUPPLIES US SAUSAGE HAM AND BACON
LET OTHERS SAY HIS HEART IS BIG
I CALL IT STUPID OF THE PIG
(Ogden Nash)
INGREDIENTS:
3POUNDS CHICKEN BREAST
1POUND SMOKED SAUSAGE (OPTIONAL)
(I say OPTIONAL because not everybody likes SAUSAGE)
(And this YUMMY GUMBO is delicious with or without SAUSAGE)
1/2CUP RANDY’S ROUX
1TABLESPOON MINCED ONION
1TABLESPOON MINCED GARLIC
2TEASPOONS TABASCO© PEPPER SAUCE
2TEASPOONS TABASCO© JALAPENO SAUCE
1TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER
1TEASPOON LIQUID SMOKE
1/3CUP BETTER THAN BOUILLON CHICKEN BASE
(If you can’t find CHICKEN BASE you can use 16 CHICKEN BOUILLON CUBES)
2POUNDS SLICED OKRA (I like to add a little more, Because OKRA is such a Super Ingredient)
7CUPS WATER
PREPARATION:
Place all ingredients into a large pot and stir well, while bringing to a good boil. After reaching your good boil, turn heat down to Medium-Low, and once again stir well. Put the Cover on the pot and allow your Yummy Gumbo to cook, with occasional stirs, for an additional 1hour. At last, you can turn the fire off and give your Yummy Gumbo a final good stir. Serve in a bowl with-or-without Rice. Delicious with Buttered French Bread. Freezes well and tastes even better the following day.
MY FRIEND RANDY’S ROUX:
As you can see from above, this recipe calls for a Roux. A Roux is a browned flour and fat mixture used to add flavor and thickening to many Creole and Cajun recipes. (You may prepare your own Roux or substitute with a commercial Roux)
PREPARATION:
Heat 1cup vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high-heat. Add 1cup flour, stir constantly and cook until dark brown. Be careful not to burn. Excess Roux keeps well in your refrigerator in a covered jar. And FYI (For Your Information!) me and my wonderful son, Phil D Mayers, Jr. (LITTLE PHIL) sometimes like to use Kary’s Roux when we are too much in a hurry, or too lazy to make our own.
READING BOOKS AND BLOGS IS LOTS OF FUN!
In closing I hope you enjoyed your YUMMY GUMBO. I also hope, you were stimulated to start writing your own Books and Blogs. And if you do start writing, you can have lots of fun and become a fellow Blogger and put Author Blogger behind your name. And who knows? Perhaps one of these days we can all get together and have lots of fun and create: a confederacy of bloggers, a bloggers society.
PLEASANT WORDS ARE LIKE A HONEYCOMB SWEET TO THE SOUL AND HEALTH TO THE BONES. (Proverbs 16:24)
TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GROW. AND WHEN HE IS OLD, HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.
(Proverbs 22:6)
I would also like to thank my favorite Coffee Shops: CC’s Coffee©, Starbucks©, PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans©, Scooter’s Coffee©, Reve Coffee Roasters©, and Jet Coffee Shop©, for gifting me with many pleasant, yummy cups of coffee. And, as my dear sweet mother, Florence Isabelle Smith Mayers often says, “COFFEE GIVES YOU COURAGE”. So, you must have a Yummy Cup of Coffee when you are Cooking. And I will always be thankful to my mom, for serving me a delicious cup of Folgers Coffee© each-and-every-morning in my comfortable little bed! To- give-me-the-courage to pull the covers from over my head!
Dr. Phil D Mayers Author Blogger
And if you want to? You can Share this Yummy Gumbo Recipe with some of your friends. Because when you share with others, you-reward-yourself-with-the-gift-of-giving, which will always make you feel good about yourself!
MINDY LOU & SISTER SUE
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
