Alis Chicken And Sausage Gumbo Food

CHICKEN AND SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Combine the oil and flour in a large cast iron or enameled cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Stirring slowly and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, make a dark brown roux, the color of chocolate. Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers and continue to stir for 4 to 5 minutes, or until wilted. Add the sausage, salt, cayenne, and bay leaves. Continue to stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chicken broth. Stir until the roux mixture and water are well combined. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
• Season the chicken with the rub and add to the pot. Simmer for 2 hours. Skim off any fat that rises to the surface. Remove from the heat. Stir in the parsley, green onions, and file powder. Remove the bay leaves and serve in deep bowls.
• Combine all ingredients and store in an air-tight container.

CAJUN CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. When hot, whisk in flour. Continue whisking until the roux has cooked to the color of chocolate milk, 8 to 10 minutes. Be careful not to burn the roux. If you see black specks in the mixture, start over.
• Stir onion, bell pepper, celery, and sausage into the roux; cook 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook another 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and Creole seasoning; blend thoroughly. Pour in the chicken broth and add the bay leaf. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Stir in the chicken, and simmer 1 hour more. Skim off any foam that floats to the top during the last hour.

ALI'S CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Cook chicken (any way) and dice.
• Slice the smoked sausage into medium thick quarters, refrigerate.
• Refrigerate zucchini.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients into crock pot, set on low for six hours.
• After six hours, add smoked sausage and zucchini. Continue cooking for another two hours. (If too watery for your tastes, add a can of tomato paste).
• Serve over hot rice in bowls. Chopped fresh cucumber can be added to individual servings to combat the heat, if desired.

CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Cut up chicken, remove skin if you like. Dredge the chicken with flour salt and pepper.
• Fry the chicken until brown.
• Slice up a pound of the link sausage For a hotter sausage, try the Louisiana 'Andouille', if a vailable. After the chicken is browned, place sausage in the same skillet -- use a heavy iron one. Brown the sausage on both sides.
• Save the grease from chicken and sausage. Fry the tomato, onion and okra in about 2 Tbsp shortening or oil, until they become tender.
• Make a roux with 2 tsp oil and 2 tsp flour, stir and brown over a medium-low heat until the roux is as dark as possible without burning it. Do not burn the roux, just make it real dark.
• Place chicken and sausage in the roux, stir a bit. Then place all ingredients into a heavy, deep iron pan, add water and cook about 2 hours.
• Cook slow, add water if needed.
• The okra will thicken the gumbo as it cooks.