Easy Chicken Turkey Gumbo Food

BBQ TURKEY OR CHICKEN GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium to medium-high heat, add the butter and melt into the oil. Add the thyme, celery, garlic, bay leaf, onions, bell peppers and some salt and pepper. Cook partially covered until tender, 15 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and stir a couple of minutes. Add the bourbon, and then the stock. Reduce the heat a bit to thicken. Stir in the hot sauce, Worcestershire, sugar, vinegar and tomato sauce. Add the turkey and okra, simmer to thicken and combine. Then serve or cool and store for a make-ahead meal. Reheat over medium heat.
• Serve in shallow bowls topped with scoops of rice or crackers and scallions.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Whisk in the flour to form a thick paste until smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the flour turns a dark reddish-brown roux, about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Pour water into a slow cooker.
• Stir in the roux, sausage, chicken, okra, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
• Cover and cook on Low for 6 to 7 hours.
• Skim off fat with a spoon.

TURKEY GUMBO

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine 1/4 cup chopped celery, 1/4 cup chopped onion, and 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper. Process until smooth.
• In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup of the canola oil with the olive oil and whisk to combine. Transfer to a heavy medium saucepan or Dutch oven, add the flour, and place over moderate heat. Cook the mixture, stirring slowly and constantly, until the roux is dark brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Add the puréed vegetables, and stir to combine. Cover and reserve.
• In a heavy large pot over moderate heat, warm the remaining 1/4 cup canola oil. Add the andouille sausage and sauté, stirring occasionally, until browned on all sides, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the red bell pepper, along with the remaining green bell pepper, and sauté, stirring occasionally, until just soft and brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the remaining celery and onions, along with the garlic, and sauté, stirring occasionally, until the onions are softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add 8 cups of chicken stock, along with the thyme, cayenne pepper, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and the reserved roux, whisking as needed to dissolve the roux in the liquid.
• Bring the gumbo to a boil, stirring frequently, then reduce the heat to low, season the gumbo with salt and pepper, and simmer, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 15 minutes. (The gumbo should have the consistency of chowder. If it thickens too much as it simmers, add additional stock; if it's too thin, in a small bowl, stir together 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour and 3 tablespoons canola oil and gradually add this mixture to the gumbo, simmering the mixture for a few minutes between additions, until the desired consistency is reached.) Add the turkey meat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the turkey is heated through, about 5 minutes. Serve hot. DO AHEAD: The gumbo can be prepared ahead and kept, covered in the refrigerator, up to 3 days, or frozen, in an airtight container, up to 3 months. To reheat: Warm the gumbo in a heavy pot over moderate heat, adding additional chicken stock as needed to adjust the consistency.

CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE GUMBO

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; rub over chicken. In a Dutch oven, brown chicken in 2 tablespoons oil in batches; remove chicken from pan., Add remaining oil to the same pan; stir in flour until blended. Cook and stir over medium-low heat for 30 minutes or until browned (do not burn). Add onion, peppers and celery; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Gradually add water and stock. Stir in the sausage, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, chicken and the remaining Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until chicken is very tender., Remove chicken from pan; cool slightly. Skim fat from gumbo and discard bay leaves. Shred chicken and return to gumbo; heat through. Discard bones. Serve gumbo over rice; top with green onions. Freeze option: Place individual portions of cooled gumbo freezer containers and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth if necessary.

EASY CHICKEN (TURKEY) GUMBO

Steps:

• In large deep skillet, heat olive oil.
• Add onion, celery, peppers, okra and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add garlic and saute another 2 minutes.
• Add flour to vegetable-oil mixture and stir.
• Continue stirring until flour turns brown.
• Add chicken, tomatoes, broth and seasonings.
• Shrimp or sausage can be added if desired.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Serve over cooked rice.

TURKEY GUMBO

Steps:

• First, chop the cooked turkey into 1-inch pieces, or shred by hand, and reserve. Next, in a 3 to 4 gallon stockpot over medium heat, add the butter and melt. Next, add the flour into the butter and cook together, stirring until a dark roux has been achieved (think popcorn smell).
• Add the bacon renderings, celery, onions and bell peppers to the roux, cooking until the vegetables are softened. Next, pour a cup of the stock into the roux, mixing well to temper the roux. Then add the remaining stock and continue to cook for 30 minutes. Add the reserved turkey, the ham, file powder, garlic, salt and pepper, crushed chili peppers, thyme and bay, and cook another 30 minutes. Finally, add the okra and reduce the heat to low, cooking for 10 to 20 more minutes.
• Prepare this one day or more in advance, as the gumbo does age well.

CHICKEN AND TURKEY GUMBO

Steps:

• For the smoked turkey stock: Bring the smoked turkey legs, carrot, celery, onions and 1 gallon water to a simmer in a large pot and cook for 3 hours. Strain the stock, pick the turkey meat off of the legs and reserve. You should have about 3 quarts stock.
• For the gumbo: Melt the butter in a large pot over high heat. Whisk in the flour, reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly so the roux doesn't burn, until chocolate brown, about 15 minutes.
• Add the onions to the roux and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are caramelized and brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in the Creole spice mix, and then add the smoked chicken sausage, celery, peppers and garlic and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Whisk in the Worcestershire sauce, thyme, bay leaves and turkey stock and bring to a simmer. Cook the gumbo, stirring occasionally, for about 60 minutes.
• Add the okra, tomatoes, file powder, hot sauce and picked turkey meat. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 30 minutes more.
• For the white rice: Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in the long-grain rice, reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook until all of the liquid is absorbed, 12 to 15 minutes. Fluff the rice with a fork and season with salt and pepper.
• For serving: Divide the rice among bowls and ladle the gumbo on top.

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.

EASY CHICKEN GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add chicken and sausage; cook until browned, about 8 minutes.
• Add vegetables, tomatoes and water; bring to boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium; cook 3 minutes.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.
• Note: If you wish, peeled, cleaned shrimp could be added for the last few minutes of cooking. You may want to add a bay leaf with the vegetables.

WILD TURKEY GUMBO

Steps:

• Place wild rice in a bowl and pour in enough water to cover; soak 4 hours to overnight. Drain rice.
• Mix wild rice and 1 teaspoon salt together in a stockpot and add about 3 cups chicken broth. Bring broth to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover stockpot, and simmer until rice is tender, about 30 to 40 minutes.
• Heat coconut oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir turkey, onion, carrots, and celery in the hot oil until turkey is cooked through and vegetables are slightly tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Add okra to turkey mixture and cook until okra is thawed, 5 to 7 minutes; season with 1 teaspoon salt, white pepper, and black pepper.
• Combine wild rice, turkey mixture, jalapeno peppers, hot sauce, and remaining chicken stock in a slow cooker.
• Cook on High for 1 hour.

TURKEY GUMBO

Steps:

• Prepare turkey broth; Cut carcass into several pieces.
• Cut leftover turkey meat into 3/4in pieces;cover and refrigerate.
• Cut carrot and 1 celery stalk into 2-inch pieces; cut 1 onion into 4 wedges.
• reserve remaining celery and onion for making gumbo later.
• In a 6-quart saucepot, place carass, cut up carrot, celery, and onion, and 1 garlic clove.
• Add 2 quarts of water; heat to boiling over high heat.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered, 1 hour.
• Drain broth through colander into a bowl and discard solids and return broth to saucepot.
• Heat broth to boiling and boil uncovered 5 minutes.
• Set aside.
• Meanwhile, prepare gumbo; In a 4-quart saucepan, cook flour over low heat until golden (about 10mins) stirring frequently.
• Transfer flour to cup and set aside Thinly slice remaining celery, and onion and mince remaining garlic clove.
• In same saucepan heat oil over med-hight heat.
• Add kiebasa and cook 2 mins or until lightly browned.
• With a slotted spoon transfer kielbasa to plate.
• Stir 1/4 cup turkey broth into flour in cup until paste forms.
• reduce heat to med; add paste to saucepan and cook 1 minute stirring gradually stir in 2 3/4 c turkey broth Return kielbasa to saucepan.
• Stir in onion, celery,garlic, tomatoes with their juice, tomato paste, chopped red pepper, bay leaf, salt, thyme, ground red pepper, and allspice; heat to boiling over high heat.
• Add frozen okra; reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, 45 minutes or until vegetables are tender, Stir in turkey meat; cook 1 minute Meanwhile prepare rice; In 2-quart saucepan, heat remaining 2 cups turkey broth to boiling over high heat.
• Add rice heat to boliing.
• Reduce heat to low cover and siimmer 18-20mins until rice is tender.
• To serve, discard bay leaf from gumbo.
• Spoon gumbo over rice in bowls.

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.

GROUND CHICKEN GUMBO

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven or soup kettle, cook the chicken, celery, green pepper and onion in oil over medium heat for 8 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink; drain. , Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until heated through. Serve over rice.

TURKEY GUMBO IN A JIFFY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook sausage until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomatoes, broth and water; bring to a boil. Stir in rice and corn; cover and remove from the heat. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

THE BEST LEFTOVER TURKEY GUMBO

Steps:

• Make the roux.
• In a large Dutch oven, over medium heat, combine the oil and flour.
• Cook, stirring constantly until dark brown (chocolate colored) for 20-30 minutes.
• Add all the chopped veggies to the roux, along with the chopped sausage.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until the veggies are very soft, about 10 minutes.
• Add the salt and cayenne pepper.
• Add the broth and water, combining well.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 1/2 hrs.
• Add the turkey and sliced sausage to the gumbo.
• Cook 15 minutes more.
• Remove from heat, let sit for 5 minutes, then skim any fat that has risen to the surface.
• Stir in green onions and parsley.
• Serve over rice, with hot french bread!

CHICKEN GUMBO WOW

Steps:

• Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and garlic; saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add shredded chicken and Creole seasoning. Mix thoroughly. Add tomatoes, chicken broth, corn, and sausage. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors come together, about 20 minutes.