Leah Chase’s Gumbo z’Herbes

Name: Leah Chase’s Gumbo z’Herbes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bunch collard greens; 1 bunch mustard greens; 1 bunch watercress; 1 bunch turnips; 1 bunch carrot tops; 1 bunch beet tops; ½ head cabbage; ½ head lettuce; 5 tbsp. oil; ¼ cup flour; 1 tsp. thyme; 1 tbsp. salt; 1 tsp. cayenne pepper; 3 tbsp. filé powder; 1 bunch spinach; 2 medium onions, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; Water; 1 lb. smoked sausage; 1 lb. smoked ham; 1 lb. chaurice; 1 lb. boneless brisket

Preparation info

Yields
10-12
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Louisiana Eats!

By Poppy Tooker

Published 2013

About

Here is Leah’s special Holy Thursday Gumbo z’Herbes recipe, scaled down for your home kitchen.

Ingredients

1 bunch mustard greens
1 bunch collard greens
1 bunch<

Americas
United States
Louisiana

Method

Clean all greens thoroughly and coarsely chop. Place in a 12-quart stockpot with onions and garlic. Cover vegetables with water. Boil together for 30 minutes.

While greens cook, cut all meats into bite-sized pieces. Heat oil in a heavy skillet and brown all meats in batches; set aside. Add the flour to the oil and meat drippings in the pan and cook until flour is lightly browned.