Best 9 Smoked Sausage Gumbo Recipes

CHICKEN AND SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Combine the oil and flour in a large cast iron or enameled cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Stirring slowly and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, make a dark brown roux, the color of chocolate. Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers and continue to stir for 4 to 5 minutes, or until wilted. Add the sausage, salt, cayenne, and bay leaves. Continue to stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chicken broth. Stir until the roux mixture and water are well combined. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
• Season the chicken with the rub and add to the pot. Simmer for 2 hours. Skim off any fat that rises to the surface. Remove from the heat. Stir in the parsley, green onions, and file powder. Remove the bay leaves and serve in deep bowls.
• Combine all ingredients and store in an air-tight container.

SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the celery, onion, green pepper and carrot in oil until tender. Stir in flour until blended; gradually add broth. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the sausage, tomatoes, oregano, thyme and cayenne. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until heated through. Serve with rice. Freeze Option: Freeze soup and rice, if desired, in freezer containers. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until heated through, adding a little water if necessary. Serve gumbo with rice.

CHICKEN THIGH AND SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Sprinkle chicken liberally with Cajun seasoning on prepared sheet pan. Roast chicken for 15 minutes.
• Combine oil and flour in a large cast-iron or enameled Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook, whisking frequently, until it reaches a milk chocolate brown, about 30 minutes.
• Continue to cook the roux until it reaches a dark chocolate brown color, then add the onions, celery, bell peppers and half of the okra. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, then add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for another 5 minutes.
• Add the sausage, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and bay leaves and stir to combine. Add chicken stock and beef stock and bring to a roaring boil. Add the chicken, green onions, cayenne and remaining okra.
• Simmer for 1 hour, then remove the chicken thighs. Take the meat from the bones and discard the skin. Stir the chicken back into the pot along with the file powder. Skim off any excess grease that has accumulated at the top before serving. Sprinkle with more file powder as garnish.

CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO (CREOLE STEW)

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the onions, bell peppers, okra and celery; set aside.
• Combine all but 1/2 cup of the flour, the salt, garlic powder, and red pepper in a plastic bag, add the chicken pieces and shake until chicken is well coated. In large heavy skillet heat 1 1/2-inches of oil until very hot (375 degrees F.) Fry the chicken until the crust is brown on both sides and meat is cooked, about 5 to 8 minutes per side; drain on paper towels.
• Remove the pan from the heat and pour the hot oil into a cup, leaving as many brown particles in the pan as possible. Scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to loosen any stuck particles, then return 1/2 cup of the hot oil to the pan. Place the pan over high heat. Using a long handled whisk, gradually stir in remaining flour. Cook, whisking constantly, until a roux is formed and is a dark red-brown. Remove from heat and add the reserved vegetable mixture, stirring constantly until the roux stops getting darker. Return to a low heat and cook until the vegetables are soft.
• In a separate large pot, bring the chicken stock to a boil. Add the roux by spoonfuls to the boiling stock, stirring between each addition. Reduce to a simmer and add the andouille and remaining ingredients, except file powder. Simmer for 45 minutes. While gumbo is simmering, bone the cooked chicken and cut meat into 1/2-inch dice. Add to the gumbo. Add file powder 5 minutes before serving and continue to simmer for 5 minutes.
• Serve gumbo on a mound of cooked rice.

CHICKEN, TURKEY, AND SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Combine the oil and flour in a large cast-iron Dutch oven over medium heat.
• Stirring slowly and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, make a dark brown roux.
• Add the onions, garlic, celery, carrots and bell peppers and continue to stir for 4 to 5 minutes, or until wilted.
• Add the sausage, salt, cayenne, and bay leaves.
• Continue to stir for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth or water.
• Stir until the roux mixture and water are well combined.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low.
• Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
• Season the chicken and turkey with old bay and add to the pot.
• Simmer for 1 hour.
• Add okra simmer 45 minutes.
• Add shrimp simmer another 5 to 8 minutes don`t overcook the shrimp!
• Skim off any fat that rises to the surface.
• Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the parsley, green onions.
• Remove the bay leaves and serve with lots of white rice.
• Add extra seasoning if needed or hot sauce for heat to your liking!
• If you like, sprinkle a small amount of gumbo filé in your individual serving for a little more flavor.

CAJUN-STYLE CHICKEN AND SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Place the skinned chicken pieces in a large heavy pot (or Dutch oven) add in water chicken broth, bay leaves and whole garlic cloves; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover with a tight-fitting lid and simmer for about 40 minutes or until the chicken is just tender (do not overcook the chicken or it will become tough and stringy!).
• Remove the chicken from the broth (RESERVE 16 cups (1 gallon) water/broth mixture; drain the 16 cups broth through a wire mesh strainer, then place back into the pot.
• Chop the chicken into large pieces; set aside (you will add in the chicken later).
• To the 16 cups broth/water mixture, add in browned sausage meat, onions, green bell pepper, jalapeno pepper/s, celery and OXO beef powder, simmer stirring about 45 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large skillet; add in flour and cook whisking constantly until the flour is a dark brown caramel colour (about 15-20 minutes).
• Add in the sausage/broth mixture with Creole seasoning and simmer stirring occasionally for about 40 minutes.
• After 40 minutes cooking add in chicken and black beans (if using) simmer uncovered over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally for another 40-50 minutes.
• Skim off the fat that has accumulated on the top.
• Add in green onions and parsley; simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add in file powder and season with salt and pepper; stir to combine.
• Serve gumbo over hot cook rice.

CHICKEN AND SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Combine the oil and flour in a large cast iron or enameled cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Stirring slowly and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, make a dark brown roux, the color of chocolate. Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers and continue to stir for 4 to 5 minutes, or until wilted. Add the sausage, salt, cayenne, and bay leaves. Continue to stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chicken broth. Stir until the roux mixture and water are well combined. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
• Season the chicken with the rub and add to the pot. Simmer for 2 hours. Skim off any fat that rises to the surface. Remove from the heat. Stir in the parsley, green onions, and file powder. Remove the bay leaves and serve in deep bowls.

SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups water toa boil in med. sausepan over high heat.
• Meanwhile cut sausage in half lengthwise, then crosswise into 1/2 inch slices.
• Stir rice into boiling water.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 18 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• While rice is cooking, place sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, carrot, oregano, thyme and ground red pepper in large microwavable container.
• Cover and cook on HIGH 5 minutes; stir.
• Cook 3 minutes more or until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• While vegetable mixture is cooking, prepare roux.
• Sprinkle flour evenly over bottom of dutch oven.
• Cook over high heat without stirring, 3 to 4 minutes or until flour begins to brown.
• Reduce heat to medium and stir flour about 4 minutes or until evenly browned.
• Stir in oil until smooth. (Roux will be thick and chocolate brown).
• Carefully pour vegetable mixture into dutch oven and stir until coated with roux.
• Stir in tomatoes and broth; bring to a boil over high heat.
• Cover and simmer over medium heat 5 minutes.
• Serve gumbo over rice in individual bowls.

SMOKED SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• 1. Combine broth and tomatoes in slow cooker. Sprinkle flour evenly over bottom of small skillet. Cook over high heat without stirring 3 to 4 minutes or until flour begins to brown. Reduce heat to medium; stir flour about 4 minutes. Stir in until smooth. Carefully whisk flour mixture into slow cooker.
• 2. Add sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, carrots, oregano, thyme and red pepper to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 4 1/2 to 5 hours or until juices are thickened.
• 3. About 30 minutes before gumbo is ready to serve, prepare rice. **Hint- I buy individual serving bags of rice, that way there is nothing wasted. Serve gumbo over rice. For a special touch sprinkle chopped parsley over each serving.