excellent just the way it is!

Reviewed On: Oct. 12, 2008

Excellent; I used half the sugar and drained before serving and it was perfect. I halved the recipe and still had plenty for 8 people, unless this were a whole meal I think the portions are a bit off. Would be great with mango too instead of the papaya.

Reviewed On: Jul. 13, 2008

Excellent. I prepared HALF A recipe using 2 1/2 cups chicken stock in lieu of the 4 cups water, and 1/3 cup tomato sauce and 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes in lieu of the 8 oz canned tomatoes (which I didn't have on hand), browned the meat (3/4 lb cubed beef) in the roux and prepped the veggies as indicated, placed everything in a slow cooker for 5 1/2 hours. When ready to eat, added the shrimp and cooked on high until ready. I did not use sausage but if using, would have browned and added with the shrimp at the last minute and would have increased chicken broth by 1 cup at the beginning. I added a chopped mildly hot red pepper when grilling the veggies and omitted the hot sauce at the end. This is definitely a crockpot keeper! I will use more flour next time though as my sauce was rather liquid (although I had already reduced the quantity of liquids). It was definitely a soup/stew thing, not a "serve over rice"!

Reviewed On: Jun. 3, 2008