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Chicken Gumbo

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Chicken Gumbo

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

1

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

2

Add trinity and garlic to roux. Cook 5 minutes.

3

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

4

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

5

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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