Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken and sausage gumbo. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. ** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data. Season with salt, pepper, and Creole seasoning; blend thoroughly.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chicken and sausage gumbo using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Sausage Gumbo:
  1. Prepare 500 g smoked sausage (andouille, or kielbasa from the Polish shop works well)
  2. Make ready 4 bone in, skin on chicken thighs
  3. Take Vegetable oil
  4. Get 3/4 cup flour
  5. Get 2 medium brown onions, diced
  6. Get 2 medium green bell peppers, diced
  7. Make ready 5 ribs of celery, diced
  8. Make ready 2 litres water
  9. Take 4 cloves garlic minced
  10. Get 3 bay leaves
  11. Prepare Glug of Worcester sauce
  12. Take 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning (see recipe below)
  13. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  14. Get Pinch smoked bittersweet paprika
  15. Make ready Bunch spring onions
  16. Prepare Tabasco
  17. Get Hot basmati rice
  18. Prepare Cajun seasoning
  19. Get 3/4 tsp paprika
  20. Make ready 1/4 tsp dried oregano
  21. Take 1/4 tsp dried thyme
  22. Take 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
  23. Take 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  24. Get 1/4 tsp onion powder
  25. Take 1/4 tsp black pepper
  26. Get 1/4 tsp white pepper

Once the roux is ready and combined with water, add sautéed chopped green bell pepper, onion and celery to the pot. Sear the chicken and sausage, too, before throwing them in, and letting the gumbo cook low and slow for hours. Andouille sausage and chicken are two common proteins in gumbo, but not the only ones by a long shot. Then there's gumbo z'herbes, a Lenten version made with an acre's worth of sundry greens and not a scrap from the animal kingdom.

Instructions to make Chicken and Sausage Gumbo:
  1. Cook sausage in a cast iron pot over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until browned. Drain on kitchen roll, reserving drippings in pan. Set sausage aside.
  2. Brown chicken in drippings in the same pan over medium heat for 5 minutes or so. Remove to kitchen roll, reserving drippings in the pan. Set chicken aside.
  3. Add enough oil to drippings in same pan to measure 1/2 cup. Add flour, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 20 to 30 minutes, or until roux is chocolate coloured. Be careful not to burn it! Starting again is heartbreaking 😫
  4. Stir in onion, pepper, and celery; cook, stirring often, 10 minutes or until tender. Stick your head in at this point for the best smell ever!
  5. Gradually add 2 litres hot water. The mixtures seizes up at first because of the roux but will continue to loosen. Once all the water has been added, bring the mixture to a boil. Add chicken, garlic, bay leaves, Worcester, Creole seasoning, thyme and paprika.
  6. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally for an hour. Remove chicken and let it cool.
  7. Add sausage back in and cook for a further 30 minutes.
  8. Stir in most of the sliced green onions and cook for a further 20 minutes. Meanwhile, shred the chicken off the bone and add back in the the gumbo with 5 minutes to go.
  9. Discard the bay leaves. Serve with rice, remaining green onions and a few good glugs of Tabasco on top.

Speaking of vegetables, some gumbos, Creole ones, have tomato; others, Cajun ones, do not. This Easy Chicken Gumbo recipe is like a party for your mouth! Vibrant, spicy flavor simmered to perfection, this combination of chicken, sausage, okra, and veggies is cooked in a creamy creole spiced broth that is just pure comfort. Combine the oil and flour in a large cast iron or enameled cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat. While simmering, saute sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned on all sides.

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