Turkey Gumbo

Name: Turkey Gumbo
Yield: Yield: 8 or More Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: Steamed white rice; 3 tablespoons flour; Salt to taste, if desired; Pinch of cayenne; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 3 cups chopped canned tomatoes; 1 large bay leaf; 1 large onion, chopped; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 pound okra, sliced; 1 sweet green pepper, seeded and chopped; 2 celery ribs with leaves; 1 large carrot; 1 large onion; 2 tablespoons minced raw bacon or lean ham; 6 tablespoons butter; 1 turkey carcass with meat; 2 to 2½ quarts water

Preparation info

Yield:
8 or More
Servings.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

1 turkey carcass with meat
2 to 2½ quarts water
1 large carrot

Americas
United States
Dinner

Method

Discard the turkey skin. Scrape the herbs and all the stuffing from the turkey carcass carefully, especially if sage was used. Break up the carcass. Put it in a tall straight-sided 4-quart soup pot and add the water to cover. If that amount doesn’t cover, the pot is too wide. Bring