Easiest Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
by John Davidson
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chicken and sausage gumbo. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken and sausage gumbo using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Sausage Gumbo:
Get 500 g smoked sausage (andouille, or kielbasa from the Polish shop works well)
Take 4 bone in, skin on chicken thighs
Make ready Vegetable oil
Take 3/4 cup flour
Prepare 2 medium brown onions, diced
Prepare 2 medium green bell peppers, diced
Take 5 ribs of celery, diced
Prepare 2 litres water
Prepare 4 cloves garlic minced
Take 3 bay leaves
Make ready Glug of Worcester sauce
Make ready 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning (see recipe below)
Make ready 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
Prepare Pinch smoked bittersweet paprika
Take Bunch spring onions
Get Tabasco
Take Hot basmati rice
Prepare Cajun seasoning
Prepare 3/4 tsp paprika
Take 1/4 tsp dried oregano
Take 1/4 tsp dried thyme
Make ready 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Prepare 1/4 tsp garlic powder
Make ready 1/4 tsp onion powder
Get 1/4 tsp black pepper
Take 1/4 tsp white pepper
Steps to make Chicken and Sausage Gumbo:
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.
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.
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 😫
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!
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.
Reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally for an hour. Remove chicken and let it cool.
Add sausage back in and cook for a further 30 minutes.
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.
Discard the bay leaves. Serve with rice, remaining green onions and a few good glugs of Tabasco on top.
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