Smoked Sausage Gumbo (Slow Cooker)

Submitted by Virginia Cherry Blo

"Simple, relatively healthy gumbo that can be made in the slow cooker. If your gumbo thickens upon standing, stir in additional broth. Found recipe in, "Simple 1-2-3 Slow Cooker," Cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 5hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3⁄4 lb Polish sausage, cut into 1/2 pieces
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground red pepper
• hot cooked rice
• chopped parsley

directions

1. Combine tomatoes with juice and broth in slow cooker. Sprinkle flour evenly over bottom of small skillet. Cook over high heat without stirring 3 to 4 minutes or until flour begins to brown. Reduce heat to medium; stir flour about 4 minutes. Stir in oil until smooth. Carefully whisk flour mixture into slow cooker.
2. Add sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, carrot, oregano, thyme, and red pepper. Stir well. Cover; cook on LOW 4 1/2 hours to 5 hours.
3. Serve gumbo over rice. Sprinkle with parsley.

Reviews

[Jazz Lover]

I think next time I make this I may add some crawfish and shrimp. We prefer our gumbo with a little more meat. I did use andouille sausage which always adds a little more spice.

 

[lureal]

I really enjoy this although I used hot Italian sausage because it was all I had and cooked it stovetop. The links were frozen so I removed the casing and cut into pieces. I browned for almost ten minutes then added one tablespoon and a half of flour and cooked another minute. Then proceeded with tomatoes, broth, veggies and seasoning as directed. Added 1 tsp brown sugar (because of the acidity in canned tomatoes), 2 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt, and cooked for one hour stovetop on low. I loved this so much I made it 2x this week. Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[Cilantro in Canada]

This was very simple to make.. I did use less Italian seasonings for personal preference, but otherwise made as directed. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[golddigge-wally]

was real good but made mine with a little more Juice.Thanks :)

 

[GoBugsy]

To a Louisiana-born native, I think that it is a total joke to call this "gumbo." It is okay, but definitely more of a "stew" over rice. Just trying to clarify for people that think this is what "us cajun's" eat.