Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, brad's chicken and sausage gumbo. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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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. 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.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have brad's chicken and sausage gumbo using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:
- Prepare 3 lbs chicken thighs with bone and skin
- Prepare Seasoned flour to dredge chicken
- Get 1 lg yellow onion, chopped
- Get 1 red & 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- Make ready 6 celery stalks, chopped
- Take 8-10 roma tomatoes, chopped
- Get 10 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups cream sherry
- Get 1 1/2 cups shortening
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups flour
- Take 10-12 cups water
- Make ready 1/3 cup granulated chicken bouillon
- Take 1 tbs dried oregano
- Get 1 tbs smoked paprika
- Take 1/2 tbs white pepper
- Make ready Cajun seasoning to taste. I like it spicy so I used a fair bit
- Get 1 pkg frozen okra
- Make ready 1 1/2-2 lbs andouille sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick
- Make ready 4-6 cups prepared white rice
- Prepare Gumbo filé
Add the chicken pieces, bay leaf and finely minced fresh garlic. Cut the meat from the bones and discard the bones. Cut the chicken into cubes or shred it and add it back to the pot. Serve with white rice or potato salad (or both) spooned into the gumbo.
Steps to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:
- Place seasoned flour into a lg ziplock bag. Add chicken and seal. Shake well to coat evenly. Heat canola oil in a lg frying pan just under medium heat. Fry chicken covered until golden brown on both sides. Set aside.
- In the same pan, reserve 2 tbs of the chicken grease. Add onions, peppers, and celery. Fry on medium heat until onions are translucent.
- Meanwhile in a lg Dutch oven, melt shortening on medium heat. Add flour and mix thoroughly. Stir almost constantly until the roux becomes almost a chocolate brown and smells very nutty. This takes a while, but is the base Flavor of the dish. If it starts to smell burnt. Start over.
- Add tomatoes and garlic to the onion mixture. Keep frying until about half of the liquid from the onions evaporates. Add sherry. Bring to a simmer until half of that liquid evaporates.
- When the roux is done it will be a nice caramel color. Slowly add the onion mixture to it. Continue to stir constantly. Add water and mix thoroughly. Add the fried chicken, bouillon and spices. Bring to a simmer and simmer for an hour uncovered. Stir every 5-10 minutes
- Adjust seasonings to taste. Add okra and sausage. Simmer for another 20 minutes.
- In a bowl, plate rice off to one side. Add gumbo to the bowl, and top with a chicken thigh. Sprinkle a little gumbo filé on top and serve immediately. Enjoy.
Cut the chicken into cubes or shred it and add it back to the pot. Serve with white rice or potato salad (or both) spooned into the gumbo. Season the gumbo with the Tabasco, cayenne, salt, pepper, bay leaves, and parsley. Serve in bowls and top each bowl with white rice. This Easy Chicken Gumbo recipe is like a party for your mouth!
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