I don't know why I don't cook this more often. It's comforting and so, so good! The key to this is patience. I felt like it took forever for the roux to turn the perfect color brown before I could move forward with the recipe. But after making this dish several times over the years, ensuring the roux is dark enough is critical. The dark roux imparts such a deep flavor that really makes the dish. If the roux is too light, you'll miss out!
Cajun Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
recipe adapted from AllRecipes
1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 large onion, diced
1 cup diced multi colored bell peppers
2 celery stalks, diced
1 pound smoked beef sausage, sliced 1/4 inch thick
4 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 tablespoons Creole seasoning
3 cups chicken broth
2 bay leaf
1 pound chicken breast, cooked and shredded
Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. When hot, whisk in flour. Continue whisking until the roux has cooked to the color of a deep roasted, melted peanut butter, 8 to 10 minutes. Be careful not to burn the roux. If you see black specks in the mixture, start over.
Stir onion, bell pepper, celery, sausage and garlic into the roux; cook 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and Creole seasoning; blend thoroughly. Pour in the chicken broth and add the bay leaf. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
After 1 hour, stir in the chicken and simmer for another hour more. Skim off any foam that floats to the top during the last hour. Serve hot over or with rice.
Delicious!! Thanks for the post! just looking at it makes me hungry
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That's one thick gumbo! I've seen a couple of shortcuts for making the roux on the net, but almost always end up standing in front of the stove for those 20+ minutes until the flour and oil look like a melted milk chocolate bar.
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