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Chicken & Andouille Sausage GumboDinner

Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo

Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo

30 min650 cal40g proteinServes 41,898 saves
Brittany KhamilleBrittany Khamille

Ingredients

  • 4 bone in chicken thighs
  • 1/4 cup avocado oil
  • cajun seasoning
  • 5-6 cups water
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 yellow onion. (diced)
  • 1 green pepper (diced)
  • 1 red pepper (diced)
  • 2 celery stalks (diced)
  • prolly a lot garlic (minced)
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 pound sliced andouille sausage
  • cajun seasoning
  • onion powder
  • garlic powder
  • mustard powder
  • salt

Instructions

  1. 11. Season the chicken with cajun seasoning. In a pot, heat the avocado oil. On medium heat, cook the chicken for 5 minutes on both sides until golden brown.
  2. 2Cover the chicken with the water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat & simmer for one hour. Remove the chicken. Drain any bits out of the stock. Debone the chicken.
  3. 3In the same pot, melt the butter. Saute the veggies (all but the garlic) for an hour on low. Add the garlic and saute for another few minutes.
  4. 4Meanwhile, in a separate pot on low heat, combine the flour & oil. Cook until dark brown- about an hour. Stir often! this could take longer, you want it dark chocolate brown in color
  5. 5When the veggies & roux are done, add the veg to the roux. Add in 4 1/2-6 cups of your stock. Add in the deboned chicken & sliced sausage. Season to taste and let simmer for a half hour.
  6. 6After 20 minutes, crack in the eggs. DO NOT STIR! let cook on a low simmer until the eggs are full cooked.
  7. 7serve over rice

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What Separates a Great Gumbo from a Good One

Every top-saved gumbo recipe on Pepper turns on the same variable: how dark you push the roux before adding the trinity.

Cooks who nail it patiently stir flour and oil for the better part of an hour until it reads deep chocolate — anything paler and the gumbo tastes flat.

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