Chicken and Seafood Gumbo might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One serving contains 615 calories, 35g of protein, and 27g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes. It is a pretty expensive recipe for fans of Creole food. If you have salt, vegetable oil, celery, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Chicken and Seafood Gumbo, Nana's Chicken Seafood Gumbo, and Seafood Gumbo.
Instructions
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Combine the oil and the flour in a heavy stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. With a wooden spoon stir the mixture slowly and constantly. After about 5 minutes the mixture will begin to foam. Keep stirring. As the roux cooks, the color will darken and the flour will have a nice nutty aroma. It should take about 15 minutes to fully develop a nice dark brown roux.
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All Purpose Flour
Cooking Oil
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Wooden Spoon
Dutch Oven
2
When the roux is ready add the celery, onions and peppers (the Trinity) and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes. Once the vegetables have softened, add the bourbon and stir for 2 minutes, add chicken broth a little at a time to make sure the roux mixes well and is incorporated.
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Chicken Broth
Vegetable
Bourbon
Peppers
Celery
Onion
3
Add the remaining ingredients, diced tomatoes, chicken, okra, bay leaves, Hot Sauce and season with salt and pepper.
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Salt And Pepper
Bay Leaves
Hot Sauce
Tomato
Whole Chicken
Okra
4
Bring to a boil then lower heat and simmer uncovered for 1 1/2 hours, skimming off any fat that rises to the surface and stirring occasionally. In the last 7 minutes, add the shrimp and cook until no longer pink. At the very last minute add the fresh cilantro. Season with more salt and pepper, if necessary.
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Salt And Pepper
Fresh Cilantro
Shrimp
5
Remove bay leaves and serve with rice and crusty flat bread.
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Bay Leaves
Flatbread
Rice
6
Roughly chop the chiles and jalepenos discarding the seeds.
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Jalapeno Pepper
Chili Pepper
Seeds
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Add to a food processor, along with the tomatoes, apple cider vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt. Process until desired consistency. If it's too dry add a little water.
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Apple Cider Vinegar
Tomato
Garlic
Sugar
Water
Salt
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Food Processor
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Pour mixture into a small saucepan and simmer for about 10 minutes. At this point you can strain it for a loose hot sauce or leave it as it is for a chunky hot sauce. Season with more salt, if necessary.
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Hot Sauce
Salt
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Sauce Pan
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In a medium covered saucepan bring salted water to a boil.
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Water
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Sauce Pan
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Add the rice, cover and lower the heat. Cook for 20 minutes until water is absorbed.