Holiday Gumbo

Name: Holiday Gumbo
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 946 milliliters hot cooked long-grain rice; 0 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 liters fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth, divided; 158 milliliters all-purpose flour; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 118 milliliters chopped green onions; 0 teaspoons ground red pepper; 0 teaspoons dried oregano; 1 teaspoons salt; 227 grams shrimp; 227 grams skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, chopped; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 227 grams turkey kielbasa, sliced; 454 grams package frozen vegetable gumbo mix, thawed

Holiday Gumbo might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 294 calories, 23g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ground pepper, rice, garlic cloves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cooked rice you could follow this main course with the Breakfast Rice Pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is a rather cheap recipe for fans of Creole food.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Place flour on a jelly-roll pan.

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Jelly

Roll

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Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until very brown, stirring every 15 minutes. Set aside.

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Peel and devein shrimp; reserve shells.

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Pour 3 1/2 cups chicken broth into a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil.

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Add reserved shrimp shells; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Strain broth mixture through a sieve into a bowl; discard solids.

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Coat pan with cooking spray.

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Add sausage and chicken; saut 7 minutes.

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Sausage

Add garlic; saut 1 minute. Stir in tomato paste, vegetable gumbo mix, and strained broth.

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Place browned flour in a bowl. Slowly add 1 1/2 cups chicken broth to flour; add to chicken and vegetable mixture, stirring with a whisk. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 1 hour. Skim froth from top of gumbo as necessary.

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