Crock Pot Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 20 min
Servings:8 people
Calories:455
Ingredients:
🍜 ½ cup oil
🍜 ½ cup all-purpose flour. AP Gluten Free flour can work.
🍜 1 onion, large, diced
🍜 1 green bell pepper, large, diced
🍜 1 red bell pepper, large, diced
🍜 1 celery stalk, diced
🍜 3 garlic cloves, minced
🍜 1 smoked sausage, link, sliced Turkey or chicken
🍜 1 andouille sausage, link, sliced or Italian chicken sausage
🍜 8 oz tasso, chopped (optional)
🍜 2 pound chicken breast, 1" cubes
🍜 1 pound chicken thighs, bone-in, skinless
🍜 2 tablespoon onion powder
🍜 2 tablespoon garlic powder
🍜 2tablespoon creole seasoning, Tony Chacheres, Old Bay or Slap yo Mama
🍜 1 teaspoon salt
🍜 1 teaspoon black pepper
🍜 5 cups chicken broth
🍜 4 bay leaves
🍜 3 green onions, chopped
🍜 ¼ cup parsley, chopped
🍜 1 tablespoon gumbo file
Instructions:
1. Make your Roux. Add the oil and flour to a large skillet and cook on medium heat, constantly stirring until you reach the color of milk chocolate. ( you will be rewarded for your patience) 😳 don’t take your eyes off for a second and keep stirring with a wooden spoon.
2. Add your 'Trinity' (onion, bell peppers and celery). Cook in the Roux for a few minutes then add the garlic.
3. In a separate pan brown your sausage until lightly crusted then add in your chicken until lightly seared. When done add this to your crock pot with the roux and vegetables.
4. Add seasoning, broth and bay leaves and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 6 hours.
Notes:
Roux: Don't leave your Roux alone - you have to stay and make sure it doesn't burn. A burned Roux is not salvageable, you will have to start again.😤😡🤬!!!! 😂
Sausage Meat: One of the most important parts of a Gumbo. Most of the flavor will come from the sausage so this can be quite a personal taste. I prefer to use Johnsonville Smoked Sausage and Savoies Andouille Sausage. The Tasso meat is again a smoked and seasoned pork and adds wonderful flavor. If you can't find it though don't worry. It can be left out.
Andouille: This type of sausage can be spicy. I like to chop this sausage different to the regular smoked sausage for the kiddos. The Andouille I quarter the slices so it's not such a heavy hit of spiciness.
Potato Salad?: Yes indeed! I had my doubts too, but I swear you will not regret it. For some reason potato salad goes perfectly with Gumbo and Rice.
Gumbo Filé: This is a powder made from Sassafras. It should be offered when serving your Gumbo, it adds a little different flavor but it is mostly used to thicken.
Credits:
Chef Bizzy