Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

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Chicken and Sausage Gumbo is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

A classic roux is the thickening agent for this traditional Cajun-style gumbo made rich and hearty with chicken, sausage, onions, bell peppers, celery, garlic, and lively seasonings. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Be the first to rate & review! This iconic dish represents everything we love about Louisiana cooking.

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

This is my attempt at a recipe. I didn't realize it until I sat down the try to type this, I don't know HOW I make gumbo! I never saw my Maw Maw's recipe because she didn't have one. Gumbo is cooked with instinct and heart.

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.

Gumbo is a dish you are taught not something you can make by reading a recipe. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo is the ultimate Louisiana comfort food! This gumbo starts with a dark roux as its base. 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.

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