Amazingly delicious and flavorful, this Shrimp and Chicken Gumbo is loaded with shrimp, tender chicken and lots of vibrant veggies. It's such a winner!
Notes:
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Andouille
sausage is a spicy smoked sausage originally made in France. It's common in many Cajun dishes as well and is classically made from pork. Now days you can find chicken
Andouille
which tends to be lower in fat.
~ The recipe's been tweaked a bit over the years, utilizing beautiful bell peppers in hues of yellow, red and orange in lieu of the plain green peppers in the original recipe.
Cook's Illustrated
taught me the "oven roux" method, eliminating a lot of tedious stovetop stirring, a traditional step in classic gumbo recipes.
~ The gumbo can make it a day in advance and rewarmed before serving. We always comment that the flavor just keeps getting better and better as the gumbo ingredients have time to make friends (aka melding).
~ This makes a large pot of gumbo. Feel free to cut the recipe in half, but you may be disappointed when you go to the fridge and find out that someone's snitched the last little bit!
Serves 12-14 with jasmine rice (basmati is great with this too!)