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Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!
Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!

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The ingredients needed to make Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!:
  1. You need Leftover Turkey
  2. Take Leftover Ham
  3. Get Leftover cornbread dressing
  4. Get Leftover Turkey gravy
  5. Prepare mashed sweet potatoes
  6. You need onion
  7. Prepare celery
  8. Take jalapeno
  9. Prepare large cloves garlic
  10. Use knorr chicken bouillon cubes
  11. Provide garlic powder
  12. Provide onion powder
  13. You need cajun seasoning
  14. Use Salt and pepper
  15. Prepare butter
  16. Prepare For roux
  17. Get flour
  18. Provide vegetable or corn oil
Steps to make Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!:
  1. 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.
  2. 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 :)
  3. 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.
  4. Add leftover gravy and stir
  5. Add ham and water it's been simmering in.
  6. Add mashed sweet potatoes and stir.
  7. 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.
  8. Add Turkey and cook another 10 minutes
  9. Serve with leftover cornbread dressing

Skip the boring next-day sandwiches and make chef David Slater's hearty turkey gumbo instead. How to carve a turkey like a pro on Thanksgiving. My favorite way to use leftover turkey. Must give credit where due.this is my modification to one of Emeril's recipes - his was to boil a turkey specifically for gumbo - mine is to use up those leftovers! After Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner, using leftover turkey to make gumbo is a Louisiana holiday Zatarain's Gumbo Mix with Rice makes it easy to introduce this beloved tradition to your home.

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