The #NBAXmas Cookbook offers an interactive and festive experience where NBA Fans can try recipes from all 30 teams’ home markets.
Each team was challenged to showcase a recipe that best represents their region’s most iconic culinary food. This recipe ranges from a favorite snack, dish or dessert that is unique to the team and fanbase.
Find the origin of each recipe and everything you need to create it below.
Dooky Chase’s Creole Gumbo
Creole Gumbo is a staple and signature dish at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, a local culinary landmark in New Orleans — the home of the Pelicans. Founded by Emily and Dooky Chase, Sr., Dooky Chase’s Restaurant opened its doors for business in 1941 and soon became the meeting place for music and entertainment, civil rights, and culture in New Orleans.
Today they remain a family owned and operated restaurant, serving up Creole Gumbo using this recipe featuring crab and sausage.
Ingredients
| 4 crabs, cleaned |
| 1/2 lb. Creole Hot sausage, cut in bite-size pieces |
| 1/2 lb. smoked sausage, cut in bite-size pieces |
| 1/2 lb. veal stew meat |
| 1/2 cup vegetable oil |
| 4 tbsp. flour |
| 1 cup chopped onion |
| 4 qt. water |
| 1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast, cubed |
| 1/2 lb. smoked ham, cubed |
| 1 lb. shrimp, peeled and deveined |
| 1 tbsp. paprika |
| 1 tsp salt |
| 3 Cloves garlic, finely chopped |
| 1 tsp. ground thyme |
| 1 tbsp. file powder |
| Cooked rice |
Directions
- Put crabs, veal stew meat,smoked sausage, and onions in 6-qt. pot over a medium fire.
- In a separate skillet, cook hot sausage and let cook in their own fat for 20 minutes. Remove hot sausage from skillet and place in pot with other ingredients. Add vegetable oil.
- Add flour to skillet with remaining hot sausage fat and let brown for about 10 min (making a roux). Then add roux to pot.
- Slowly add water (or chicken stock if you prefer), stirring constantly. Add chicken, ham, shrimp, paprika, salt, garlic, and thyme. Let simmer over a low fire for 40 minutes. Add file powder and remove from heat.
