SIMPLE CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO
From vino4dino 16 years ago
- 75 minutes to make
- Serves 12
If you can't find andouille, use a local smoked sausage or kielbasa or whatever smoked sausage you like. Accompany with a good beer and lots of hot, crispy French bread.
Ingredients
- • 1 cup oil shopping list
- • 1 cup flour shopping list
- • 2 large onions, chopped shopping list
- • 2 bell peppers, chopped shopping list
- • 4 ribs celery, chopped shopping list
- • 4 - 6 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- • 4 quarts chicken stock shopping list
- • 2 bay leaves shopping list
- • 2 teaspoons creole seasoning, or to taste shopping list
- • 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves shopping list
- • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste shopping list
- • 1 large chicken (young hen preferred), cut into pieces shopping list
- • 2 pounds andouille or smoked sausage, cut into 1/2" pieces shopping list
- • 1 bunch scallions (green onions), tops only, chopped shopping list
- • 2/3 cup fresh chopped parsley shopping list
- • Filé powder to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Season the chicken with salt, pepper and Creole seasoning and brown quickly. Brown the sausage, pour off fat and reserve meats.
- In a large, heavy pot, heat the oil and cook the flour in the oil over medium to high heat (depending on your roux-making skill), stirring constantly, until the roux reaches a dark reddish-brown color, almost the color of coffee or milk chocolate for a Cajun-style roux. If you want to save time, or prefer a more New Orleans-style roux, cook it to a medium, peanut-butter color, over lower heat if you're nervous about burning it.
- Add the vegetables and stir quickly. This cooks the vegetables and also stops the roux from cooking further. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for about 4 minutes.
- Add the stock, seasonings, chicken and sausage. Bring to a boil, then cook for about one hour, skimming fat off the top as needed.
- Add the chopped scallion tops and parsley, and heat for 5 minutes. Serve over rice in large shallow bowls.
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