Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, leftover thanksgiving gumbo!. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have leftover thanksgiving gumbo! using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!:

1. Make ready Leftover Turkey
2. Take Leftover Ham
3. Make ready Leftover cornbread dressing
4. Take Leftover Turkey gravy
5. Take 2 mashed sweet potatoes
6. Make ready 1 onion
7. Get 3 celery
8. Make ready 1 jalapeno
9. Take 6 large cloves garlic
10. Take 4 knorr chicken bouillon cubes
11. Take 1 tbsp garlic powder
12. Take 2 tsp onion powder
13. Take 1 tbsp cajun seasoning
14. Take to taste Salt and pepper
15. Prepare 2 tbsp butter
16. Take For roux
17. Get 2 1/2 cups flour
18. Prepare 2 cups vegetable or corn oil

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Instructions to make Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!:

1. Mince all vegetables, set aside. Remove fatty parts from ham and cut into 1 inch pieces. Heat butter in skillet and sear ham. Drain if ham releases a lot of fat and return to skillet. Add 2 cups of water and scrape sear from bottom of the pan. Reduce to lowest heat setting and allow to slowly simmer while you prepare the rest of the gumbo.
2. Have a few quarts of water set to side of stove (you will need it when roux is done). In a Dutch oven use medium setting to heat oil. Test for readiness by dropping a pinch of flour into pot, if it sizzles, it's ready. Add flour one cup at a time and whisk until all is incorporated. Lower heat to medium low (I set mine on 3 or 4) and CONSTANTLY stir with metal or wooden spatula until roux is the color of chocolate. This takes 20 to 30 minutes. I pull up a bar stool, have a seat and stir :)
3. When roux is ready add your vegetables and continue to stir for a few minutes more until roux is shiny and smooth. Add water that was set aside and stir.
4. Add leftover gravy and stir
5. Add ham and water it's been simmering in.
6. Add mashed sweet potatoes and stir.
7. Fill pot with water until about 3/4 full. Add all of your seasonings and slowly bring to boil stirring occasionally. Lower heat and simmer 30 minutes.
8. Add Turkey and cook another 10 minutes
9. Serve with leftover cornbread dressing

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