nutritional information

Per Serving:

  • Calories: 216
  • Protein: 3 g
  • Total Fat: 14.5 g
  • Saturated Fat: 2 g
  • Carbohydrates: 21 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg
  • Sodium: 309 mg
  • Fiber: 6 g
  • Sugar: 8 g
Vegan

Vegetarian Gumbo

Vegetarian Gumbo

Serves 8

Here, the rich, dark roux of a Louisiana-style gumbo is laced with carrots, parsnips, okra, and green beans, but feel free to substitute any vegetables you have on hand.
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ⅓ cup flour
  • 1 small onion, chopped (1 cup)
  • 1 small green bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)
  • 3 stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)
  • 1 28-oz. can diced tomatoes
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen green beans
  • 3 carrots, sliced (2 cups)
  • 1 parsnip, diced (1 cup)
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen sliced okra, optional
  • 1 Tbs. ground cumin
  • 1 Tbs. paprika
  • 1 Tbs. dried oregano
  • ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper

1. Stir together oil and flour in Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot until smooth. Cook over high heat 10 minutes, or until roux turns a dark caramel color, stirring constantly.

2. Add onion, bell pepper, and celery, and cook 5 minutes, or until vegetables are softened. Stir in all remaining ingredients and 4 cups water. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook 40 minutes, or until carrots are tender. Serve over rice.

May 2008

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comments

Wasn't very flavorful. Bland

Rosie - 2013-04-20 01:27:18

It's Vegan Gumbo??? Calling it Vegetarian? implies a lot!!!

Tabucur - 2013-01-30 02:21:52

Gumbo

Joe Shallman - 2013-01-18 23:05:14

Veggie gumbo!!

Joe Shallman - 2013-01-18 21:02:49

Where my Cajun family is from in Louisiana (Arnaudville, outside of Lafayette), okra IS optional in a gumbo. Onion & celery, always. A thick dark roux. I grew up with seafood or chicken gumbos, which were mostly roux, meat, onions, celery, spices, always over rice. Mmm mmm! Although of course now I'm veggie, so I'm always on the hunt for a recipe like my Mamam's (great-grandmother).

Allison - 2012-12-17 18:39:21

Oily and bland

paige pickering - 2012-12-07 15:53:34

i have made this gumbo multiple times. the best batch i added browned soyrizo slices in the last 5 minutes of cooking. i had also fried the okra separately and added it right at the end. so delicious! its a winter staple in my house!

evelyn shannon - 2012-10-19 23:09:43

Made this recipe, with a few modifications. Added garlic with the onions. Also added red beans to give it a little more protein (and deliciousness). Like others, used veggie broth and tomato sauce, but thought it needed a bit more liquid, so I used what I had on hand...beer. Tastes delicious! I think this will be a keeper recipe.

ErinT - 2011-11-27 17:28:31

Very tasty! My carnivor husband even liked it! i bought fresh okra at the farmer's market today and had no idea what to do with it. This recipe saved the day.

Mary Ann - 2011-08-06 15:40:07

To Pauline: Try looking around for (or make yourself) "file powder" (ground sassafras leaf). You can use it in place of okra, but in order for it to be true gumbo, you must use one or the other. :)

Dave - 2011-08-06 10:14:24

To answer Pauline, you could try using zucchini instead of the okra. As others have stated Vegetable broth works very well in place of the water. I use Better Than Boullion and it works great in everything I have used it in. I also used small red potatoes instead of the parsnip because I had some in the fridge. They have a similair starchy texture. I also used cornbread instead of rice and found it to be very tasty. I have made this recipe once and am cooking it up again today.

Doug - 2011-02-13 14:49:58

Would like to try this recipe but Okra is not available here or at least Ive not found it in the 5 years Ive lived here. Any ideas what else would be good to use instead. Needs to be simple I live in Bulgaria

Pauline - 2011-02-02 04:00:17

this is the best thing i had in a while last time i had gumbo was when i was like four

DaNeysha - 2010-10-04 10:42:31

i was just about to post the same thing Britt! i used vegetable broth and tomato sauce as well. i'm used to gumbo having a tomato soup base. so i used 2 cans of veggie broth and 6oz can of tomato sauce. i also used 1 tsp of red pepper and a dash of tabasco sauce. it was superb! the hubby and i enjoyed it!!

Tanesha - 2010-05-24 18:53:38

Wonderful recipe, Britt, I took your advice and used the vegetable stock!

Katrina - 2010-03-15 20:35:43