Bang! Gumbo

Name: Bang! Gumbo
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 680 grams andouille sausage, diced; 3 bay leaves; 151 grams butter; 2 stalks celery, finely diced; 4 chicken breasts; 3 liters chicken stock; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 4 Tbsps minced fresh garlic; 237 milliliters sliced green onions; 1 Tbsp ground black pepper; 3 Tbsps hot sauce, such as Franks Louisiana Hot Sauce; 473 milliliters fresh or frozen sliced okra; 5 Tbsps olive oil; 1 red pepper, finely diced; 3 Tbsps salt; 227 grams peeled and deveined shrimp; 3 Tbsps spice mix; 3 Tbsps your favorite spice mix; 2 Tbsps tomato paste; 8 servings White rice, for serving; 59 milliliters Worcestershire sauce; 1 yellow onion, finely diced

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Bang! Gumbo a try. This recipe covers 46% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 53g of protein, 56g of fat, and a total of 1070 calories. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up tomato paste, bay leaves, green onions, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the spice mix you could follow this main course with the Pumpkin Pie Spice Cream Scones as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Creole cuisine.

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First, get the roux started, it will take about 20 minutes to cook. Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over medium-low heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the flour and stir often, cooking until the roux becomes a dark chocolate color.

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Dark Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.

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Grill

Meanwhile, toss the chicken breasts in 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons minced garlic and 1 tablespoons spice mix. Grill the chicken until cooked through, taking care not to overcook and dry out the meat. Cool, dice and set aside.

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Chicken Breast

Minced Garlic

Olive Oil

Seasoning Mix

Meat

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Grill

In a large stockpot, saute the celery, onions, red pepper and the remaining 2 tablespoons garlic in the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil until translucent, about 5 minutes.

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Red Pepper

Olive Oil

Celery

Garlic

Onion

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Add the chicken stock, sausage, okra, green onions, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, spice mix, tomato paste, black pepper and bay leaves and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Chicken Stock

Black Pepper

Green Onions

Tomato Paste

Bay Leaves

Hot Sauce

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Sausage

Okra

Salt

Add the roux and simmer 5 more minutes, stirring gently. Taste for seasonings and adjust.

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Seasoning

Add the shrimp just before serving, heating just until the shrimp are cooked through.

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Shrimp

Serve over white rice.

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White Rice

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Recommended wine: Albarino, Rose Wine, Sauvignon Blanc

Albarino, rosé Wine, and Sauvignon Blanc are great choices for Cajun. These low-tannin, lower alcohol wines will complement the heat in spicy cajun dishes, instead of making your mouth burn more. The Don Olegario Albarino with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.