Gulf Coast Gumbo Recipe with Sassafras Filé Powder | Meredith Folger Amon
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Gulf Coast Gumbo with Sassafras Filé: My Ono Island Style Recipe
When the Gulf air turns crisp and the marina timbers smell like salt and rain, I start craving a pot of gumbo that simmers low and slow. This is my Gulf Coast version, influenced by Louisiana tradition but rooted right here in coastal Alabama. I finish it with sassafras filé powder, the old-school thickener made from dried sassafras leaves that neighbors around Ono Island still like to pick and dry.
“Gumbo is a reflection of the Gulf Coast: layered, patient, and better when you give it time to become itself.”
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