My boy, okay... my pup has been ill and requires a trip into town to see the vet. Only thing is town is 200 miles away. Might as well make the most of the situation and hit Costco, New Sagaya Market, and Fred Meyers while there. And once home, I will show you my "new" 114-year-old refrigerator curtesy of Bohn Syphon. And finish off the day with a nice hot bowl of gumbo! Yum!

Subscribe so you can follow along on my wild and wonderful journey as I enjoy living in Alaska!

The version of gumbo that I share is not 100% traditional, but that is the real beauty of gumbo. Gumbo is a dish with many variations and take on the dish. My version does not start off with a roux and contains red beans, however, unlike an authentic red bean gumbo, I do not puree them into the broth, nor am I using ham in the dish. Nonetheless it is one of my favorite meals. I hope you enjoy it too should you try it, or use this recipe to experiment and make your own special version of gumbo,

Gumbo
2 cups of white rice - cooked per package directions.

2-3 cups of chicken stock or 1 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon & enough water to cover the contents of the dish
2 andouille sausage links, or Louisiana style hot links - sliced in to rounds
1/2 - 3/4 cup of shredded chicken
6-8 shrimp- peeled and deveined
1 green pepper - diced
1 stock of celery - diced
1/2 an onion (or in my case I am using the whites of one leek) diced
2 cups of okra (this will be the thickening agent) (If not a huge fan of okra, then I suggest making a roux of butter and flour browned in the pan before cooking your vegetables.)
Spices to taste: Cayanne, Smoke Paprika, thyme, oregano, salt and black pepper, 1/2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce. For added flavor add a dash or two of tabasco sauce or your favorite Louisiana style hot sauce.
2 TBS butter

Start by either making a roux as explained earlier or melting the butter in a large pot. Add your chopped vegetables (but not the okra yet) and cook until tender and the onions and celery become translucent. Then add your stock or bouillon and water. Then add your meats and spices. And finally add the okra. Let simmer until everything is heated through and cooked fully. The okra should help to thicken up the dish slightly, but it won't be as thick as say a gravy is. and then serve over your rice and enjoy. And again, my apologies to any purest of gumbo out there.... I just don't eat a lot of flour. 😉

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want to support the channel? CLICK HERE & read below to see all the ways you can.

SUPER THANKS
Click the ❤ with a $ in it, directly under the video.

AMAZON WISH LIST
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...
**Previously purchased items will disappear from list unless I add them back in**

CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP
   / @aloneinremotealaska  

PATREON
  / aloneinremotealaska  

PAYPAL
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEND A LETTER OR PACKAGE

Alone In Remote Alaska
PO Box 419
Copper Center AK 99573
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking for some extra entertainment? Check these out!
IF YOU HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS SECTION TO YOUR VIDEO DESCRIPTIONS FOR YOUR VIEWERS - PLEASE DO! Just copy and paste it!

***
Handmade Greeting Cards & Kintsugi Pottery
https://mokusho.square.site/
@thegroundedstarseed
***
Roaming Buffalo Ranch Blog
http://roamingbuffaloranch.blogspot.com/
***
@The Gnomestead-Alaska Off grid
   / thegnomestead  
https://www.lightinthewilderness.org
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Alone and Kenai

Music provided under license by the agency listed: Artlist

Southside Aces - Mordecai Promenade
Yonatan Riklis - Its a Slippery Slope
Southside Aces - Little Duke
Low Light - Avalanche - Instrumental Version
______________________________________________________________________________

Additional footage provided by means of Creative Commons by the following creators:

1940 Great! CLASSIC DRAMA Family DR. CHRISTIAN "Remedy For Riches" Old Black White Movie TCM - one4allfour1

Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS