Chicken, Sausage and Seafood Gumbo
The joy of gumbo is that it welcomes most any ingredient.
For a taste of New Orleans, stew up a pot of delicious gumbo, loaded with chicken, seafood, and andouille sausage!
Ingredients (14)
- Seasoning mix:
- 1 1/2 teaspoon each: salt, paprika, thyme leaves, garlic powder, ground black pepper, dry mustard, sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon each: ground cumin, white pepper, onion powder
- Gumbo:
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 chicken thighs
- 8 cup water or chicken broth
- 8 ounce precooked andouille sausage
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cup chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cup chopped red or green bell pepper
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1 pound crab meat and shrimp (total)
Directions
- Combine ingredients for seasoning mix.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a Dutch oven. Add chicken. Sauté until browned on both sides. Remove chicken from pan to a large saucepan, reserving drippings in Dutch oven. Add 8 cups water to cover chicken and simmer 1 hour. Drain, reserving stock. Bone chicken, reserving meat.
- Add sausage to reserved drippings, and sauté until browned. Remove sausage, reserving drippings in Dutch oven.
- Add enough oil to drippings to equal about 1/2 cup. Heat and add flour 1/4 cup at a time, stirring until smooth. Cook roux, stirring constantly, until browned and a deep caramel color, 5 to 6 minutes. Add onion, pepper, celery, parsley and 2 tablespoons seasoning mix. (Youâll have about a half cup of seasoning mix left over.) Whisk well and cook 10 minutes.
- Add reserved stock, whisking well and cook 20 minutes or until thickened. Add chicken, sausage and seafood and cook 10 minutes.
Ingredients (6)
- 1.5 oz Blade & Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- 0.75 oz Sherry
- 2 Dashes Aromatic Bitters
- 2 Cinnamon Sticks
- Ceramic or metal (fireproof) plate, for smoking
- Fire source, for smoking