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- From: oday@hplabs (Vicki O'Day)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Chicken-Sausage Gumbo
- Date: 21 Mar 86 05:31:29 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
- Approved: reid@glacier.ARPA
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHICKEN-GUMBO M "24 Feb 86" 1986
- .RZ "CHICKEN-SAUSAGE GUMBO" "Gumbo with chicken and Andouille sausage"
- This is a recipe that I got originally from Paul Prudhomme's cookbook,
- \fIThe Louisiana Kitchen\fR. It is a classic Louisiana dish.
- Serve with gumbo-style rice.
- .IH "serves 5"
- .IG "1" "chicken,"
- cut into 10 pieces.
- .IG "" "salt"
- .IG "" "garlic powder"
- .IG "" "cayenne pepper"
- .IG "1 cup" "onions," "150 g"
- finely chopped.
- .IG "1 cup" "green bell pepper," "150 g"
- finely chopped.
- .IG "\(34 cup" "celery," "200 g"
- finely chopped.
- .IG "1\(14 cups" "flour" "25 g"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "salt" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "garlic powder" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "cayenne pepper" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "" "vegetable oil"
- for deep frying
- .IG "7 cups" "chicken stock," "1.75 l"
- homemade or canned
- .IG "\(12 lb" "Andouille smoked sausage," "250 g"
- cut into
- .AB "\(14-inch" "\(12-cm"
- cubes. (See note about this ingredient)
- .IG "1 tsp" "garlic" "5 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Cut extra fat from the chicken pieces. Sprinkle each generously on both sides
- with salt, garlic powder and cayenne, rubbing the
- spices in after all three have been applied. Let stand at room
- temperature while you chop the vegetables and heat the oil.
- .SK 2
- Chop the onions, bell pepper and celery, combine in a bowl, and set aside.
- .SK 3
- In a large, heavy skillet, heat
- .AB "1 to 1\(12 inches" "2 to 3 cm"
- of oil until very hot
- .TE 375 190
- to
- .TE 400 200
- Leave about
- .AB "\(12 inch" "1 cm"
- of space below the top of the pan, so it won't overflow when you add the
- chicken pieces later. Use a deep fry thermometer if you have one.
- .SK 4
- While the oil is heating, combine the flour,
- .AB "\(12 tsp" "2.5 ml"
- salt,
- .AB "\(12 ts" "2.5 ml"
- garlic powder and
- .AB "\(12 tsp" "2.5 ml"
- cayenne in a paper bag.
- When the oil is almost hot enough, add the chicken pieces one
- or two at a time and shake until they are well coated. Save
- .AB "\(12 cup" "50 g"
- of the leftover flour.
- .SK 5
- Put the stock in a large kettle or Dutch oven, and begin
- heating it to a boil.
- .SK 6
- Fry the chicken until the crust is brown on both sides and the meat
- is cooked. This takes about 6 minutes a side for light meat, a bit
- longer for dark. Drain on paper towels. You may have to fry the
- chicken in two batches.
- .SK 7
- Pour the hot oil into a glass measuring cup, being very careful
- to leave as many of the browned particles as possible in the pan.
- Pour
- .AB "\(12 cup" "100 ml"
- of the oil back into the pan and discard the rest.
- .SK 8
- Place the pan over high heat. Using a whisk, gradually stir
- in the leftover flour. Cook, whisking constantly,
- until this \fIroux\fR is dark red-brown (about 4 minutes).
- Be very careful not to scorch the mixture, or to splash any
- onto your skin as you stir. Remove from the heat, add the
- vegetable mixture all at once and stir until the vegetables
- are all coated. Return the pan to low heat, and cook, stirring
- constantly, for about 5 minutes.
- .SK 9
- Check that the stock has reached a boil.
- Add the vegetable mixture to the stock in spoonfuls,
- stirring with the whisk after each addition. Return to a boil
- and stir in the andouille and the minced garlic. Simmer
- uncovered for about 45 minutes.
- .SK 10
- While the gumbo is cooking, remove the skin from the chicken
- pieces, and cut off as much meat as you can. Cut the meat
- into small pieces (about
- .AB "\(12 inch" "1 cm"
- cubes). When the gumbo
- is cooked, add the chicken meat.
- .SK 11
- The original recipe did not call for this, but I take time
- to spoon off the fat from the top of the gumbo. This is mostly
- oil, which does not solidify when you chill it. You should
- be able to take off at least
- .AB "\(12 cup" "100 ml" .
- .SK 12
- To serve as a main course, mound
- .AB "\(12 cup" "100 ml"
- of cooked gumbo-style rice
- in a soup bowl, and ladle about
- .AB "1\(14 cups" "300 ml"
- gumbo around the rice. For an appetizer, use
- .AB "1 Tbsp" "20 ml" of rice and about
- .AB "\(34 cup" "150 ml"
- of gumbo.
- .NX
- Note about Andouille (pronounced an-DOO-ee) sausage: this is a
- uniquely spiced, smoked sausage made mostly in Louisiana.
- If you can
- get some, then use it; it makes a substantial difference to the recipe to
- use it. If you can't, then try the Polish sausage \fIkielbasa \fR
- as a substitute. Do \fInot\fR substitute the sausage called ``Louisiana
- Sausage'' or ``Louisiana Hot Sausage.'' It's not the same thing.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate to hard.
- .I Time:
- 1 hour preparation, 1 hour cooking.
- .I Precision:
- measure the seasonings.
- .WR
- Vicki O'Day
- Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto CA
- hplabs!oday
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