We made this today at the fire department . It was great. Do you have a good gumbo recipe
Chicken And Sausage Gumbo
Serves 8-10 people
Ingredients:
1 5 lb. chicken cut up
2 lbs. of smoke sausage
1 cup cooking oil
1 1/2 cups flour
2 cups of diced onions
2 cups of diced celery
1 cup diced bell pepper
1/4 cup minced garlic
3 quarts chicken stock
2 cups sliced green onion tops
1/2 cup chopped parsley
2 bay leaves (optional)
1 tbsp of thyme
1 tbsp of basil
salt,black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste
Louisiana hot sauce or Tabasco to taste
cooked white rice
Remove as much fat as possible from chicken. Cut smoked sausage into 1/2 inch thick slices and set aside. In a 2 gal. stock pot, heat
oil over med.high heat. Whisk in flour, stirring constantly until roux is a couple shades darker than peanut butter. Stir in onions, celery,
bell peppers and garlic. Saute' 3-5 minutes or until vegetables are wilted. Blend chicken and sausage into vegetable mixture, and saute'
approximately 15 minutes. Add chicken stock, one ladle at a time, stirring constantly. Bring to a rolling boil, reduce to simmer and cook
approximately 1 hour. Skim any fat or oil that rises to the top of the pot. Stir in green onions, bay leaves,thyme and basil. Season to
taste using salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce. Cook an additional 1-2 hours, if necessary, until chicken is tender and
falling apart. Stir in parsley and add more seasoning if needed. Serve over hot white rice. You might want to boil chicken 1-2 hours
before beginning gumbo so you can reserve stock for gumbo. I just use Swanson's chicken stock. My wife always makes a potato salad
when she or I cooks a gumbo. We also cook seafood gumbo,duck and oyster gumbo,and shrimp and okra gumbo.
