chicken and sausage gumbo

How To Make chicken and sausage gumbo

• 1

  Cook sausage in a skillet, breaking it apart into small pieces. Cook until all pink is gone and sausage is browned. Remove from skillet and set aside on paper towels to drain until needed.
• 2

  Put chicken in a pot and add enough water to cover chicken. Add salt to the water and boil chicken for about 20 minutes. Remove chicken from pot (set cooking water aside and keep till needed) and when cooled enough to handle, remove meat from bones. Chop meat into small pieces and set aside until needed.
• 3

  In a large Dutch oven or soup pot heat 3 Tbsp olive oil and add the chopped onion. Cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes, then add the garlic and cook for another minute.
• 4

  Add sliced okra, celery, bell pepper, tomatoes, bay leaves, and the all-purpose flower. Cook this stirring for 5 minutes then add 4 cups of the liquid from the chicken pot. Bring this to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook for about 30 minutes. Stir this now and then while cooking, to keep the flower from sticking on the bottom.
• 5

  After cooking for about 20 minutes, add sausage, chicken, salt, pepper, thyme, and a little cayenne pepper to taste. Careful with the cayenne, you can always add more but you can’t take any out. Cook for another 10 minutes and turn off the heat.
• 6

  Stir in 2 tsp file. Ladle gumbo into bowls and add a scoop of hot rice. Serve with hot sauce on the side. Enjoy!
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