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BRYou NEED to make this gumbo with a side of nostalgia from the Princess and the Frog 👸🏻🐸
What’s your favorite @disney movie? Let me know in the comments!
Recipe
- 2lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 2lb andouille sausage (I like a lot of sausage)
- 1/3-1/2 cup flour
- 1/3-1/2 cup beef tallow (you can use any fat like neutral oil, ghee, duck fat or lard but I find the Wagyu tallow from @southchicagopacking NOT SPONSORED I just like it)
- 2 green bell peppers
- 3 celery stalks
- 2 yellow onions
- 8 cloves chopped garlic
- 50oz chicken stock (I like to do water mixed with the @knorr chicken flavor base. Again, not sponsored but it adds a richer flavor than boxed chicken stock)
- about 3 tbsp of Cajun seasoning (I like @slapyamama but use whatever you want. It’s YOUR GUMBO. you can adjust to your flavor preference
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 bundle of thyme
- shrimp (a lot of purists will say this is wrong because you’re “not supposed” to mix land and sea in gumbo but who cares shrimp is awesome)
- optional tbsp of gumbo filé you can skip this if you don’t have it
Start by stretching your wrists and grabbing your sharpest knife because there’s a lot of prep. Dice the onion, celery, and bell pepper and chop the garlic. Also, slow the sausage into medallions.
Make the roux be combining equal parts fat and flour. Allow to brown until it’s about the color of milk chocolate. If you’re comfortable with high heat and experienced in the kitchen you can get this done in like 10-15 minutes but I know people who take upwards of an hour 😰. Set roux aside OFF THE HEAT Sauté season the chicken with Cajun seasoning. This step is optional but we don’t cut corners when it comes to gumbo. Brown the chicken and sausage in your pot until a crust develops and you get some fond (little bits stuck to the bottom).
Sauté your vegetables in the same pot. Add a generous pinch of salt to help the vegetables soften faster. Once soft, add in the roux and mix well.
Add in chicken stock, seasonings and optional beer, thyme, bay leaves, chicken and sausage. Simmer for 2 hours add shrimp until cooked. Serve over rice with potato salad
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