Gumbo

Name: Gumbo
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 600g chicken thighs, diced; 300g andouille sausage or chorizo, sliced; 200g okra, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 3 stalks celery, diced; 1 green pepper, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 100g plain flour; 100ml vegetable oil; 1L chicken stock; 2 tsp Cajun seasoning; 1 tsp filé powder; steamed rice to serve

Louisiana dark roux gumbo with chicken, andouille sausage, okra and filé powder — rich and deeply complex.

Total time

90 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

70 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

American

gluten-free

Ingredients

600gchicken thighs, diced

300gandouille sausage or chorizo, sliced

200gokra, sliced

1onion, diced

3 stalkscelery, diced

1green pepper, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

100gplain flour

100mlvegetable oil

1Lchicken stock

2 tspCajun seasoning

1 tspfilé powder

steamed riceto serve

Instructions

Make dark roux: heat oil and flour together, stir constantly 20-30 minutes until chocolate brown.

Add onion, celery and pepper to roux, cook 5 minutes.

Add garlic and Cajun seasoning, cook 2 minutes.

Gradually add hot stock, stirring to prevent lumps.

Add chicken and sausage, simmer 30 minutes.

Add okra and cook 15 more minutes.

Stir in filé powder and season generously.

Serve over steamed rice in deep bowls.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

582

Protein

51.7g

Fat

29.2g

Carbs

26.6g

Fiber

2.4g

Sodium

1150mg

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