Chicken Gumbo

Name: Chicken Gumbo
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1kg chicken pieces; 300g andouille sausage, sliced; 200g okra, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 4 stalks celery, diced; 1 green pepper, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1/2 cup plain flour; 1.5L chicken stock; 1 tsp file powder; 2 tsp Cajun seasoning; 2 bay leaves; cooked white rice to serve

A rich Creole gumbo with chicken, andouille sausage and okra over white rice. Stirring the roux constantly for the full 25 minutes until it reaches a dark chocolate-brown gives gumbo its deep, nutty flavour — rush it and the roux burns instead of deepening.

Total time

100 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

80 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

1kgchicken pieces

300gandouille sausage, sliced

200gokra, sliced

1onion, diced

4 stalkscelery, diced

1green pepper, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

1/2 cupvegetable oil

1/2 cupplain flour

1.5Lchicken stock

1 tspfile powder

2 tspCajun seasoning

2bay leaves

cooked white riceto serve

Instructions

Make dark roux: cook oil and flour over medium heat, stirring constantly for 25 minutes until dark chocolate-brown.

Add trinity and garlic to roux. Cook 5 minutes.

Add stock, chicken, sausage, bay and Cajun seasoning. Simmer 45 minutes.

Remove chicken. Shred meat. Return to pot. Add okra. Simmer 15 minutes.

Stir in file powder. Serve over rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

914

Protein

73.3g

Fat

56.4g

Carbs

27.8g

Fiber

4.9g

Sodium

1736mg

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