Easiest Way to Prepare 2021 Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo.

You can cook Chicken and Sausage Gumbo using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

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

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo instructions

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..