Cajun-Style Chicken Gumbo

by Beth | Jan 5, 2012 | Pictures | 0 comments

Great for a cool weather meal, but light enough for summer! I use dark meat chicken to keep my spouse happy, but if I wasn’t feeding him I would use white meat chicken.

Enjoy!

Cajun-Style Chicken Gumbo

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 4 -6 generous servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lb boneless skinless chicken cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 Tbsp Cajun/Creole seasoning
  • 1 tsp dried thyme leaves
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 medium onion coarsely chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper coarsely chopped
  • 1 c. thinly sliced or julienned carrots
  • 1/4 thinly sliced celery
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 Tbsp flour
  • 1 can 14 oz chicken broth
  • 1 can 14 oz stewed tomatoes, undrained
  • Cooked rice about 2 cups should work

Method
 

  1. Place chicken in a medium bowl, sprinkle with thyme and seasoning, toss well. Set aside
  2. Heat oil in a LARGE saucepan over medium high heat. Add onion, bell pepper, carrots, celery and garlic. Cover; cook 10 minutes or until veggies are crisp-tender, stirring once.
  3. Add chicken and cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. Sprinkle with flour and cook 1 minute, stirring frequently.
  5. Add chicken broth and tomatoes (you can add a dash of hot pepper sauce if you like at this point). Bring to a boil over high heat.
  6. Reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered at least 10 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center and sauce is slightly thickened.
  7. To serve: ladle into bowls and top with 1/2 cup of rice.

Notes

The original recipe used only 1 lb. of chicken and 1 tsp of seasoning... I like this version better, myself!
You could also add shrimp to it. And/or add okra in with vegetables.

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