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Gumbo File Pronounced "fee-lay". This is the authentic seasoning and essential thickening ingredient in gumbo and other Créole soups and stews. Add after cooking when the dish has been removed from the heat, but is still hot. Ingredients: sassafras leaves $7.99 Size 1.4 oz/4 fl oz tin

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Filé consists of dried and ground sassafras leaves, made into filé powder, and may be sprinkled, very sparingly, over the rice and gumbo by the individual in the serving bowl. Originally filé was used as a substitute thickening agent when okra was not in season, a practice borrowed from the Choctaw Indians.

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