Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo
Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo

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Put chicken pieces in a bowl. Blend salt, peppers, mustard, cayenne pepper, paprika, granulated garlic and file powder. Rub four teaspoons of the mixture over the chicken.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have brad's chicken and sausage gumbo using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:
  1. Make ready 3 lbs chicken thighs with bone and skin
  2. Prepare Seasoned flour to dredge chicken
  3. Prepare 1 lg yellow onion, chopped
  4. Make ready 1 red & 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
  5. Prepare 6 celery stalks, chopped
  6. Make ready 8-10 roma tomatoes, chopped
  7. Make ready 10 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
  8. Take 1 1/2 cups cream sherry
  9. Prepare 1 1/2 cups shortening
  10. Get 1 1/2 cups flour
  11. Take 10-12 cups water
  12. Take 1/3 cup granulated chicken bouillon
  13. Get 1 tbs dried oregano
  14. Prepare 1 tbs smoked paprika
  15. Prepare 1/2 tbs white pepper
  16. Take Cajun seasoning to taste. I like it spicy so I used a fair bit
  17. Prepare 1 pkg frozen okra
  18. Prepare 1 1/2-2 lbs andouille sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick
  19. Make ready 4-6 cups prepared white rice
  20. Make ready Gumbo filé

Chicken Shrimp & Sausage Gumbo – a rich, flavorful gumbo with authentic flavors; loaded with chicken, sausage, shrimp and crab legs. Cajun gumbo is the tomato-free version of this legendary Louisiana stew, though there are otherwise very few rules that govern what goes into the pot. In this recipe, we use the classic combo of chicken and andouille sausage, but feel free to change it up with other proteins. Remove and shred meat, and discard bones and skin; stir meat back into gumbo.

Steps to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:
  1. 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.
  2. In the same pan, reserve 2 tbs of the chicken grease. Add onions, peppers, and celery. Fry on medium heat until onions are translucent.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Adjust seasonings to taste. Add okra and sausage. Simmer for another 20 minutes.
  7. 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.

Cook the rice according to package directions and set aside to keep. A gumbo recipe from a friend that lived in New Orleans! This recipe makes a mild spice gumbo with options for a kicked up version. So my mind is already flowing with ideas. This Authentic Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo is an exception to that norm.

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