"This turned out delicious using ingredients I had on hand. I didn't have tomato sauce, but did have a can of crushed tomatoes which filled in just fine. I also opted to add some creole seasoning and dried red chili peppers because I only had buffalo flavored hot sauce. It had the perfect amount of kick (my husband and I LOVE spicy dishes) and a"

"This was my first time making a gumbo and I think this was a perfect recipe! I've never made something so aromatic as it was cooking! Certainly there's a lot of work involved, but anyone who knows about how to make gumbo realizes it takes some patience and time. And it had the perfect about of spiciness as well. The shrimp stock actually only gave me four cups of usable stock (even with 3lbs of shrimp,) so I added in some store-bought seafood stock to fill in the gap. Otherwise I followed the recipe to a T and it tasted extremely authentic to New Orleans gumbo. (Even without using okra or file powder!) It included easy to find ingredients considering I live in New England. I'll definitely be making this again!"