Chicken, Shrimp, and Sausage Gumbo has a deep, smooth and savory flavor with a subtly spicy finish. One bowl is a complete and filling meal.
When you have a big ole bowl of Chicken, Shrimp, and Sausage Gumbo, you know you’ve had a complete meal and you only wish you had room for more. It has a deep and savory flavor that’s smooth and ends with a spicy zing.
John and I love making our Sunday dinners together. We’ll hover around the grill when we can or chop and dice inside when it’s too cold. A glass of wine, while we cook, makes it that much more special. Recently we had a list of errands that left us without a plan for dinner. We decided to stop at a restaurant for some soup and a sandwich. John chose their gumbo and said it was so good. He said next time he’d skip the sandwich and go for a bigger serving of soup.
Being a foodie with a desire to please I decided to make him some gumbo. I have this beautiful book that a good friend gifted me called “The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine” by Chef John D Folse. This book is a huge compilation of over 10 years of recipes. What I love about this book are the history and the photography. The recipes are made up of ingredients that we recognize using techniques that don’t involve molecular science.
One thing that I took from the Gumbo recipes in this book is that I could make my own according to the flavors that I wanted. It stated that there were as many gumbo recipes as there are families making it. This Chicken, Shrimp, and Sausage Gumbo is my new “Family Gumbo Recipe”.
One take away is the hot sauce that I used. Lots of people use Sriracha as their hot sauce. I used a Louisiana hot sauce which added heat without changing the flavor. My Gumbo had a good kick but it can be bumped up easily enough at the table with a few extra shakes of Louisiana Hot sauce.
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Chicken, Shrimp, and Sausage Gumbo has a deep, smooth and savory flavor with a subtly spicy finish. One bowl is a complete and filling meal
- 5 lb chicken
- 3 qts chicken stock
- 1 onion diced
- 3 celery ribs sliced
- 3 carrots sliced
- 1 fresh thyme sprigs tied together to make a bundle
- Salt and pepper
- 1 onion diced
- 4 carrots thinly sliced (1-1/2 cups)
- 3 celery stalks thinly sliced (1-1/2 cups)
- 1 red pepper diced
- 1 lb andouille sausage I used turkey andouille
- 1 lb mushrooms sliced
- 1 lb shrimp large
- 2 tbsp Louisiana hot sauce
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 cup garlic minced
- 1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies
- 1 tbsp thyme
- 1/4 cup parsley chopped
- salt and pepper
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Combine all of the chicken stock ingredients together and cook until chicken is completely cooked. Remove chicken and thyme bundle. Let chicken cool until you can remove the skin and the meat from the bone. Shred the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
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In a large dutch oven melt butter over a medium-high heat. Add flour and whisk together until golden brown. Add chicken stock 1/2 cup at a time to make a thick slurry (up to 4 cups). Bring to a boil and add Gumbo vegetables, sausage, garlic, mushrooms, and thyme. Cook for 15 minutes.
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Add remaining chicken stock and chicken back into the dutch oven. Add the can of tomatoes with chilies and when it is hot add shrimp and cook only until the shrimp turn pink (just a few minutes). Salt and pepper to taste and stir in parsley.
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Serve over cooked rice. Refrigerate any leftovers.
If you liked this dish, here are a couple more I think you might enjoy.
The Best Slow Cooker Jambalaya with Farro
Boozy Hurricane Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe
Shrimp, Duck and Andouille Gumbo
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