Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have brad's chicken and sausage gumbo using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:
- {Prepare 3 lbs of chicken thighs with bone and skin.
- {Make ready of Seasoned flour to dredge chicken.
- {Prepare 1 of lg yellow onion, chopped.
- {Get 1 of red & 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped.
- {Take 6 of celery stalks, chopped.
- {Take 8-10 of roma tomatoes, chopped.
- {Take 10 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed.
- {Get 1 1/2 cups of cream sherry.
- {Take 1 1/2 cups of shortening.
- {Prepare 1 1/2 cups of flour.
- {Make ready 10-12 cups of water.
- {Get 1/3 cup of granulated chicken bouillon.
- {Get 1 tbs of dried oregano.
- {Get 1 tbs of smoked paprika.
- {Get 1/2 tbs of white pepper.
- {Prepare of Cajun seasoning to taste. I like it spicy so I used a fair bit.
- {Prepare 1 pkg of frozen okra.
- {Get 1 1/2-2 lbs of andouille sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick.
- {Prepare 4-6 cups of prepared white rice.
- {Prepare of Gumbo filé.
Instructions to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:
- Place seasoned flour into a lg ziplock bag. Add chicken and seal. Shake well to coat evenly. Heat canola oil in a lg frying pan just under medium heat. Fry chicken covered until golden brown on both sides. Set aside..
- In the same pan, reserve 2 tbs of the chicken grease. Add onions, peppers, and celery. Fry on medium heat until onions are translucent..
- Meanwhile in a lg Dutch oven, melt shortening on medium heat. Add flour and mix thoroughly. Stir almost constantly until the roux becomes almost a chocolate brown and smells very nutty. This takes a while, but is the base Flavor of the dish. If it starts to smell burnt. Start over..
- Add tomatoes and garlic to the onion mixture. Keep frying until about half of the liquid from the onions evaporates. Add sherry. Bring to a simmer until half of that liquid evaporates..
- When the roux is done it will be a nice caramel color. Slowly add the onion mixture to it. Continue to stir constantly. Add water and mix thoroughly. Add the fried chicken, bouillon and spices. Bring to a simmer and simmer for an hour uncovered. Stir every 5-10 minutes.
- Adjust seasonings to taste. Add okra and sausage. Simmer for another 20 minutes..
- In a bowl, plate rice off to one side. Add gumbo to the bowl, and top with a chicken thigh. Sprinkle a little gumbo filé on top and serve immediately. Enjoy..
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