Steps to Make Perfect Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chicken and sausage gumbo. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chicken and sausage gumbo using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Sausage Gumbo:

1. Take 500 g smoked sausage (andouille, or kielbasa from the Polish shop works well)
2. Make ready 4 bone in, skin on chicken thighs
3. Take Vegetable oil
4. Get 3/4 cup flour
5. Take 2 medium brown onions, diced
6. Take 2 medium green bell peppers, diced
7. Prepare 5 ribs of celery, diced
8. Take 2 litres water
9. Get 4 cloves garlic minced
10. Get 3 bay leaves
11. Make ready Glug of Worcester sauce
12. Get 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning (see recipe below)
13. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
14. Get Pinch smoked bittersweet paprika
15. Get Bunch spring onions
16. Make ready Tabasco
17. Prepare Hot basmati rice
18. Get Cajun seasoning
19. Prepare 3/4 tsp paprika
20. Take 1/4 tsp dried oregano
21. Get 1/4 tsp dried thyme
22. Prepare 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
23. Prepare 1/4 tsp garlic powder
24. Get 1/4 tsp onion powder
25. Take 1/4 tsp black pepper
26. Take 1/4 tsp white pepper

Instructions to make Chicken and Sausage Gumbo:

1. Cook sausage in a cast iron pot over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until browned. Drain on kitchen roll, reserving drippings in pan. Set sausage aside.
2. Brown chicken in drippings in the same pan over medium heat for 5 minutes or so. Remove to kitchen roll, reserving drippings in the pan. Set chicken aside.
3. Add enough oil to drippings in same pan to measure 1/2 cup. Add flour, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 20 to 30 minutes, or until roux is chocolate coloured. Be careful not to burn it! Starting again is heartbreaking 😫
4. Stir in onion, pepper, and celery; cook, stirring often, 10 minutes or until tender. Stick your head in at this point for the best smell ever!
5. Gradually add 2 litres hot water. The mixtures seizes up at first because of the roux but will continue to loosen. Once all the water has been added, bring the mixture to a boil. Add chicken, garlic, bay leaves, Worcester, Creole seasoning, thyme and paprika.
6. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally for an hour. Remove chicken and let it cool.
7. Add sausage back in and cook for a further 30 minutes.
8. Stir in most of the sliced green onions and cook for a further 20 minutes. Meanwhile, shred the chicken off the bone and add back in the the gumbo with 5 minutes to go.
9. Discard the bay leaves. Serve with rice, remaining green onions and a few good glugs of Tabasco on top.

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