K-Jon�s Chicken-Sausage Gumbo
- Ready In:
- 6hrs
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
8 8 ounce
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 whole chicken, about 4 lbs
- 1⁄2 lb andouille sausage, sliced
- 1⁄2 lb hot sausage, sliced
- 1 lb smoked sausage, sliced 2
- 1 cup celery, minced
- 3 carrots, chopped
- 2 large bay leaves
- 1⁄2 lb mixed mushrooms, sliced
- 20 ounces chopped okra (frozen)
- 2 large onions, 1/4
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 2⁄3 cup peanut oil
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄2 cup bell pepper, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 6 cups rice
directions
- -skin and de-bone the chicken, fill lg pot with skin and bones and enough water to cover.
- -slow boil for about an hour.
- -remove skin and bones, save water and put on back burner on low fire.
- -sauté sausages, until you render out most of the fat, then remove and place in pot.
- -season deboned chicken and dredge in flour and sauté them in sausage oil until brown.
- - now add water to sausage, enough to cover boil 30 minutes.
- -now pick meat from cooled chicken bones, combine all chicken meat, set aside.
- - now put bones in water on low fire and simmer with bay leaves, chopped carrot, onion and celery until a rich broth is brewed about 3-4 hours add water as needed. Strain when complete.
- -sauté mushrooms in sausage drippings till soft, remove set aside.
- -add peanut oil to drippings, heat til almost smoking add flour to make roux.
- - whisk well and cook until dark brown.
- - now add diced and minced vegetables( onion, celery, garlic, bell pepper) to cool.
- - Now strain and de-fat both stocks.
- - Add all chicken stock and about 2 cups of the sausage stock.
- - Bring to boil, and stir a little roux at a time to thicken it.
- - Not too much, enough to have body but not too thick.
- - Now add mushrooms, chicken, sausages and simmer
- - Salt and pepper as needed.
- - Now cover and cook 45 minutes more.
- - Add chopped Okra (thawed) cook 15 minute more.
- - Now serve over rice and crusty French bread!
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I live in Cleveland Ohio and love food. I grew up in New Orleans and my recipes have a zesty flair. I also work alot with Italian and french foods. I love seafood and am working on my seafood recipes. If I run across anything great I will post it!
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