Chicken and Chorizo Sausage Gumbo

Submitted by The Great Googilymo

"A delicious gumbo with a nice building spicey flavour. Serve over rice."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs
• Ingredients: 21
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 4 chorizo sausage
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped yellow onions
• 1⁄2 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1⁄2 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 3 tablespoons garlic butter
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon black pepper (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons cajun seasoning
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon dried leaf thyme
• 1 teaspoon marjoram
• 1 liter reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 6 boneless chicken thighs, sliced into small pieces
• salt, to taste
• rice

directions

1. First make the roux. To make roux, heat oil in saucepan. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until flour turns a dark brown.
2. Be careful not to burn. Set aside.
3. In another saucepan, saute sausage, onions, green and red bell peppers, garlic and celery in garlic butter for approximately 10 minutes;.
4. Stir in roux, canned tomatoes and seasonings and let simmer for 20 minutes. Slowly stir in 1 litre chicken broth and.
5. simmer to reduce stock for about 2 hours. Adjust with water or chicken stock to taste. Add the raw chicken about 5-10 minutes before serving and let it cook in the gumbo. Serve over hot rice.

Reviews

[Queen Roachie]

This was really good! I used a loose chorizo that sort of melted into the gumbo, and had to skim off the fat while cooking down. I used a whole bone in chicken, cut up, so I let it simmer for about an hour in the soup, then deboned and broke it up. I added about half a pound of sliced smoked sausage to get a better mouth feel since the chorizo disappeared. I loved the flavor of this, however, and I will definitely make this again. It wasn't as spicy as we like, so I might use some andouille next time rather than chorizo.

 

[Newmsy]

My bf said 5 stars I would give it 4; BUT the only reason it wasn't 5 star for me is that I don't care much for spicy food. When I read thru the recipe I didn't catch that your were supposed to simmer for 2 hours; I had to get dinner on the table before that so I didn't add as much chicken broth & just let it simmer until the veggies were cooked. I will make again when the bf is ready for it!

 

[Shazzie]

Very delicious and easy to make! Had to leave out the chili and red pepper flakes as was making for a non-spicy loving friend, but the chorizo and cajun spice added plentiful spiciness nevertheless and was loved by all. Thank you for a very flavoursome recipe.