Étouffée is not a soup. It's a sauce-based recipe usually containing seafood and served on a bed of rice. The confusion lies in the similar flavors both recipes share from their base of roux and the ...
Sarah Cooper, chef and owner of The Carolina Chef in South Carolina. Étouffée tends to highlight shellfish like shrimp in a roux-based sauce, while gumbo features a wider range of ingredients ...
Étouffée tends to highlight shellfish like shrimp in a roux-based sauce, while gumbo features a wider range of ingredients that almost always includes okra. “Étouffée is thicker and more ...