Easiest Way to Make Award-winning Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, brad's chicken and sausage gumbo. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Reviews for: Photos of Cajun Chicken and Sausage Gumbo. I only used half the roux because I like my gumbo thicker. This recipe was a culmination of several recipes that I ran across through the years. It is time consuming but it is worth it.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have brad's chicken and sausage gumbo using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:

1. Prepare 3 lbs chicken thighs with bone and skin
2. Make ready Seasoned flour to dredge chicken
3. Prepare 1 lg yellow onion, chopped
4. Prepare 1 red & 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
5. Make ready 6 celery stalks, chopped
6. Prepare 8-10 roma tomatoes, chopped
7. Make ready 10 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
8. Take 1 1/2 cups cream sherry
9. Get 1 1/2 cups shortening
10. Make ready 1 1/2 cups flour
11. Take 10-12 cups water
12. Take 1/3 cup granulated chicken bouillon
13. Make ready 1 tbs dried oregano
14. Make ready 1 tbs smoked paprika
15. Prepare 1/2 tbs white pepper
16. Make ready Cajun seasoning to taste. I like it spicy so I used a fair bit
17. Prepare 1 pkg frozen okra
18. Prepare 1 1/2-2 lbs andouille sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick
19. Make ready 4-6 cups prepared white rice
20. Prepare Gumbo filé

Drain on paper towels, reserving drippings in Dutch oven. Put chicken pieces in a bowl. Blend salt, peppers, mustard, cayenne pepper, paprika, granulated garlic and file powder. Rub four teaspoons of the mixture over the chicken.

Instructions to make Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo:

1. 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.
2. In the same pan, reserve 2 tbs of the chicken grease. Add onions, peppers, and celery. Fry on medium heat until onions are translucent.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. Adjust seasonings to taste. Add okra and sausage. Simmer for another 20 minutes.
7. 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.

Blend salt, peppers, mustard, cayenne pepper, paprika, granulated garlic and file powder. Rub four teaspoons of the mixture over the chicken. Continue adding the roux mixture, half a cup at a time, always stirring rapidly and constantly. Add the smoked sausage and stir. Cook the Book: Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo.

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