Morvant's Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Name: Morvant's Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 3 h
Cuisine: American, Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup flour; 3 ribs celery; 2 onions; 1 green bell pepper; 1 pound sausage (Andouille, Cajun, or Smoked); 3 pounds chicken (rotisserie or pre-cooked, stripped from bones); 3 jalapenos; 1 poblano pepper (optional); 4 cloves garlic; 1 small package cut okra; 4 cups chicken stock; 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce (Lea & Perrins); 1/4 cup Louisiana Hot Sauce (optional); 1/4 cup Morvant's Creole Seasoning Blend

12 steps

Prep:2hCook:1h

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:48:38 GMT

Ingredients

8 servings

Instructions

Roux

Step 1

Make the roux hours ahead of time in a cast iron skillet. Wisk continuously until reaching a dark chocolate color. Remove from heat leaving the roux in the skillet. Continue to whisk until roux is cooled below 170 degrees. It will darken more as it cools. Allow to sit in pan for hours causing the roux to settle and oil rise to the top. Pour oil in a container and save for sautéing vegetables.

Cast Iron Skillet

Whisk

Prep

Step 2

Chop sausage into bite size pieces.

sausage1 pound

Step 3

Chop chicken into bite size pieces

Trinity

Step 4

Chop the onions, peppers, and celery. Combine in bowl. Add jalapenos and poblano peppers.

ribs celery3

onions2

green bell pepper1

jalapenos3

poblano pepper1

Put it all together

Step 5

Add 1 or 2 tablespoons of the reserved oil to pot. Cook sausage. Stir a few times. Searing sausage is optional. When complete, remove from pot and set aside.

Pot

Wooden Spoon

sausage1 pound

Step 6

Add trinity and hot peppers to pot. Sautee until soft.

Pot

Wooden Spoon

ribs celery3

onions2

green bell pepper1

jalapenos3

poblano pepper1

Step 7

Add garlic. cook for 1 minute

cloves garlic4

Step 8

Add chicken stock.

Pot

chicken stock4 cups

Step 9

Add roux. Slowly stir in. The roux is a paste until heated up. It will try to bind to other ingredients, but will loosen as it heats up.

Step 10

Add Worcestershire and hot sauce

Step 11

Add Morvant's seasoning blend.

Step 12

Add chicken and okra 20 minutes before serving. The chicken is precooked and will fall apart is cooked too long. Okra becomes slimy when cooked too long.