Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 cup white rice, such as Carolina brand
- 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- 4 to 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3 to 4 ribs celery from the heart, chopped with greens
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- Salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika, 1/3 palm full
- 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 bottle pale beer
- 3 to 6 teaspoons hot sauce (recommended: Frank's Red Hot) medium to spicy heat level
- 1 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
- 1 (15-ounce) can petite diced, crushed or stewed tomatoes
- 4 to 5 cups, 2 bundles, dandelion greens, stemmed and chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 2 scallions, finely chopped
Directions
Heat a sauce pot over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil and rice. Toast rice 2 minutes, add 2 cups stock and thyme sprigs and bring to a boil. Cover the pot, reduce heat to simmer and cook 18 minutes or until tender.
Heat a soup pot over medium to medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, and 2 tablespoons butter to the pot. When butter melts into oil, add garlic, celery, bell pepper and onion and season with salt, pepper and paprika. Cook to soften veggies, 5 minutes. Add bay leaf and flour and cook the flour another minute. Stir in the beer and reduce the liquid by half, a minute or so. Add hot sauce, Worcestershire and tomatoes. Add 1 quart stock to the pot, stir in the greens and season with nutmeg. Raise heat to bring to a quick boil then simmer 15 minutes until greens are no longer bitter. Adjust seasonings, to taste.
Uncover rice and add lemon zest and scallions. Remove the thyme stems and fluff rice with a fork. Remove bay from gumbo. Scoop up gumbo and top with scoops of rice and serve.
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By bat08kat0923
Waterford,NY
on February 27, 2010
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This may be miss labeled by some people's opinion, however if you are looking for a different twist on a soup, this is one you should try. Because of other posts, the only swap I made was swiss chard instead of dandelion greens- I didnt want a pot of bitter soup and it was delicious! Obviously, if you read the recipe, you know it wont magically become a gumbo...Thank you Rachael for another yummy soup recipe to add to my collection !
By julia'schild
Laguna Beach, 43
on February 25, 2010
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I don't know what this is, but gumbo it is not.
By peggyranson_126...
new orleans, 57
on February 25, 2010
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For once I understand where Anthony Bourdain is coming from. This is not about whether the dish is good or not it's about the fact this is NOT gumbo. I live in New Orleans and if I attempted to serve this as gumbo no one would come to my home again for dinner. What a joke. And those muffelatas! Same thing. Call it something else Ray. If your daddy is from Louisiana he should tan your backside!
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