Chicken And Chorizo Sausage Gumbo Food

CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Make the roux: Heat the canola oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat until hot, about 5 minutes. Whisk in both flours and cook, whisking constantly, until the roux is dark brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand 10 minutes, then stir in the finely chopped onion.
• Meanwhile, bring the broth and 20 cups water to a boil in a large pot. Add the roughly chopped onion, the celery and bell pepper; cook over medium-high heat, 15 minutes. Stir in the roux in 3 batches; cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 30 minutes. Add the cayenne, garlic powder, 2 1/2 tablespoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Stir in the smoked sausage and tasso. Reduce the heat to low; simmer 1 hour.
• Return the mixture to a boil. Add the chicken thighs and breasts and cook 30 minutes. Remove from the heat. Skim the fat off the surface, then stir in the scallions.
• Serve over rice.

CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt, pepper, and Creole seasoning, and brown quickly in large heavy pot.
• Brown the sausage, pour off fat, and reserve meats.
• In same heavy pot, heat the oil and cook the flour in the oil over medium to high heat (depending on your roux-making skill), stirring constantly, until the roux reaches a dark reddish-brown color, almost the color of coffee, or milk chocolate for a Cajun-style roux.
• If you want to save time, or prefer a more New Orleans-style roux, cook it to a medium, peanut-butter color over lower heat if you're nervous about burning it.
• Add the vegetables and stir quickly.
• This cooks the vegetables and also stops the roux from cooking further.
• Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for about 4 minutes.
• Add the stock, seasonings, chicken and sausage.
• Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 1 hour, skimming fat off as needed.
• Add the chopped onion tops and parsley, and heat for 5 minutes.
• Serve over rice in large shallow bowls.
• Great with hot crusty bread!

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN & SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Make a roux: Combine cooking oil and all-purpose flour in a small saucepan and heat on medium low for 15 to 20 minutes stirring regularly until it turns a chocolatey brown. Black lumps means you've burned it ;).
• Meanwhile dice your vegetables and place them in the slow cooker.
• Slice the sausages into discs and fry them until golden brown, add to slow cooker.
• Cube the chicken and fry until no pink remains, add to slow cooker.
• Pour roux over contents of slow cooker.
• Add 4 cups of chicken stock to slow cooker.
• Add spices to slow cooker, stir well.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 5 hours.
• Optionally add cooked shrimp and heat for an additional 20-30 minutes.
• Serve over a bed of rice prepared as per it's package instructions.

CHICKEN AND CHORIZO SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• First make the roux. To make roux, heat oil in saucepan. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until flour turns a dark brown.
• Be careful not to burn. Set aside.
• In another saucepan, saute sausage, onions, green and red bell peppers, garlic and celery in garlic butter for approximately 10 minutes;.
• Stir in roux, canned tomatoes and seasonings and let simmer for 20 minutes. Slowly stir in 1 litre chicken broth and.
• simmer to reduce stock for about 2 hours. Adjust with water or chicken stock to taste. Add the raw chicken about 5-10 minutes before serving and let it cook in the gumbo. Serve over hot rice.

BAKED CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Stir flour, oil, and butter together to form a paste. Transfer "roux" to the center of a large roasting pan and spread out into a rough rectangle about 1/2-inch thick, leaving enough room around the outside to place the chicken and sausage.
• Lay chicken thighs, skin-side down, and sausage pieces around the roux. Season chicken generously with salt.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and scatter onion, celery, and bell pepper evenly over the chicken, sausage, and roux. Briefly stir the roux in the center, then spread it back out. Continue baking for 20 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven; remove chicken and sausage to a plate and reserve until needed. Stir vegetables and roux together in the pan, spread back out into an even layer, and bake for another 20 minutes, or until roux is as browned as you like.
• Mix chicken broth, salt, pepper, thyme, bay leaf, and cayenne in a large bowl or pitcher. Refrigerate cooking liquid until needed.
• Pour the cold cooking liquid mixture into the gumbo and whisk until well combined. Stir in tomatoes and okra. Add the sausage and chicken back in, skin-side up. Continue baking, stirring gently and occasionally, until liquid is thick and chicken is very tender, 30 to 40 minutes more.
• Taste and adjust seasonings as desired. Garnish with green onions.

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.

CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Brown flour in oil in a heavy soup pot, making a dirty brown 'chocolate roux' over low-medium or medium heat, 5-10 minutes depending on wares used. Do not burn.
• Add onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic and saute. Stir constantly until soft.
• Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, chicken broth, water, okra, and seasonings. Stir and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add chicken and sausage, and cook for approximately 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook rice in rice cooker or stovetop.
• Center a scoop of hot rice in individual bowls. Ladle gumbo over rice.

QUICK AND EASY SAUSAGE AND CHICKEN GUMBO

Steps:

• Combine flour and oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until it forms a thick paste the consistency of cake frosting. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the flour turns dark golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. The darker the roux, the more depth of flavor, but don't burn it.
• Add onions, bell peppers, okra, celery, garlic, Creole seasoning, thyme, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Cook until vegetables are tender, 3 to 6 minutes.
• While vegetables are cooking, bring 4 cups water to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Add unopened bag of rice and boil, uncovered, until rice is tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove bag from water and drain. Cut open bag, pour rice into a bowl, and fluff.
• Stir chicken, kielbasa, diced tomatoes, and chicken broth into the cooked vegetables. Cook until thoroughly heated, about 10 minutes. Serve gumbo over warm rice.

CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Cook sausage in a Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring constantly until browned, about 5 minutes. Remove sausage to a bowl and reserve drippings in the Dutch oven.
• Cook chicken in the drippings over medium heat to brown both sides, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Remove chicken and set aside.
• Heat oil in the Dutch oven. Add flour; cook and stir constantly over medium heat until roux is thick and the color of chocolate, 20 to 30 minutes. Be careful not to burn or you'll have to start again.
• Add celery, onion, and bell pepper; cook and stir for 6 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes longer. Stir in hot broth and bring to a boil.
• Add chicken breasts, Worcestershire sauce, Creole seasoning, thyme, pepper flakes, and bay leaves. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. Remove chicken and let cool.
• Add sausage to the gumbo and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Shred cooled chicken and add to the gumbo with green onions. Simmer for another 30 minutes.
• Remove gumbo from the heat. Discard bay leaves and sprinkle gumbo with file powder. Serve over hot rice.