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The ingredients needed to cook Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!:
- Use Leftover Turkey
- Prepare Leftover Ham
- Prepare Leftover cornbread dressing
- Take Leftover Turkey gravy
- Prepare mashed sweet potatoes
- Take onion
- Get celery
- Take jalapeno
- Prepare large cloves garlic
- Use knorr chicken bouillon cubes
- Get garlic powder
- You need onion powder
- Prepare cajun seasoning
- You need Salt and pepper
- Prepare butter
- Get For roux
- Prepare flour
- Use vegetable or corn oil
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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