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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. Place chicken, water, onion, celery, garlic and bay leaves in a large stock pot.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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 chicken thighs with bone and skin
- Take Seasoned flour to dredge chicken
- Prepare lg yellow onion, chopped
- Prepare red & 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- Prepare celery stalks, chopped
- Prepare roma tomatoes, chopped
- Get garlic, peeled and smashed
- Take cream sherry
- Get shortening
- Take flour
- Take water
- Get granulated chicken bouillon
- Prepare dried oregano
- Get smoked paprika
- Take white pepper
- Get Cajun seasoning to taste. I like it spicy so I used a fair bit
- Take frozen okra
- Get andouille sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick
- Make ready prepared white rice
- Prepare Gumbo filé
Add onion, bell pepper, celery, seasoning, and garlic to pan. Gumbos from both camps usually start with a roux — a French-style mixture of flour and fat — and may contain the vegetable okra, beef, fowl or sausage, the "holy trinity" of vegetables, pungent spices like "filé", and whatever the chef throws in to make the batch big enough for a crowd. Season with salt, pepper, and Creole seasoning; blend thoroughly. Pour in the chicken broth and add the bay leaf.
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.
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo is the ultimate Louisiana comfort food! This gumbo starts with a dark roux as its base. Once the roux is ready and combined with water, add sautéed chopped green bell pepper, onion and celery to the pot. Sear the chicken and sausage, too, before throwing them in, and letting the gumbo cook low and slow for hours. Brown the sausage, then toss it in the pot along with the chicken.
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