Etouffée is not the same thing as gumbo. Gumbo is like a soup and often contains more than one protein. Like an etouffée, gumbo usually starts with a dark roux and has many of the same vegetables and spices as Etouffee, but uses much more stock to make it like a soup. You will add some rice to the gumbo bowl, but you'll ladle etouffée on top of the rice.