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Sautee sausage, garlic, bell pepper and onion
f peanut butter.
For Gumbo.
Add chopped vegetables to
Brown chicken thighs and sausage in a cast iron dutch
is combined.
Put the sausage, the rest of the creole
Place chicken in large gumbo/stock pot, fill with water
Brown the sausage in a Dutch oven in
side.
To Make Gumbo:
Cut sausage into 1/8 inch
f boiling water. Season the gumbo with 2 more teaspoons of
p with a watered down gumbo, but the okra will thicken
rittle.
Chop veggies, Slice Sausage -- While you are frying bacon
Save stock for use in gumbo later.
Remove meat from
very 5 minutes.
Brown sausage in a Dutch oven coated
Boil chicken and reserve broth.
In a soup pot, brown sausage in oil.
Add onions.
Cook until wilted.
Dice chicken and add to sausage mixture.
Add roux, broth, salt, pepper and as much water as desired.
Simmer on low heat for 2 hours.
If desired, add whole eggs to gumbo.
They will boil and absorb the flavor.
You can peel and eat them alone or diced up in your gumbo.
nd brown quickly. Brown the sausage, pour off fat and reserve
Boil chicken until done in a large stock pot with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Let cool, bone and set aside. Brown sausage lightly and drain. Saute vegetables in oil or bacon drippings. To your large pot add rice, seasonings, chicken, gumbo mix, water, tomatoes, corn and gumbo file. After adding each ingredient, bring back to a boil prior to adding the next. When all has been added, simmer for a minimum of 25 minutes. This will allow rice to cook.
Cut sausage lengthwise into 4 pieces.
o start over or your gumbo will taste gross.) This takes
Brown flour in oil in a heavy soup pot, making a dirty brown 'chocolate roux' over low-medium or medium heat, 5-10 minutes depending on wares used. Do not burn.
Add onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic and saute. Stir constantly until soft.
Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, chicken broth, water, okra, and seasonings. Stir and simmer for 45 minutes.
Add chicken and sausage, and cook for approximately 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook rice in rice cooker or stovetop.
Center a scoop of hot rice in individual bowls. Ladle gumbo over rice.
hour.
While gumbo is cooking, boil sausage in water in