Friday, March 19, 2010

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo



Dean and I went to the dinner theater in Loveland and the menu was fantastic.  Everything we ate was so good.  So, I decided to duplicate something I had that evening.  I created my own recipe and was pleasantly surprised.  Both Dean and I enjoyed the flavor and all of the ingredients in it.  My favorite part was the kale - yum!  


Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
1 roasted chicken, cut into chunks
1 lb. andouille sausage, cut into 1/2" chunks
1 bunch kale, washed, stems removed, torn into bite-size pieces
2 carrots, thinly sliced
1 bell pepper, diced
1 small red onion
5 garlic cloves, minced
2 cans diced tomatoes
4 c. chicken stock
2 t. creole seasoning
1 t. dried thyme
sea salt and pepper to taste
3 T. bacon fat


Heat bacon fat in large pot over medium high heat.  Brown sausage.  Remove sausage.  Add garlic, onion, bell pepper to pot.  Cook about 2 minutes or onion and pepper are soft.  Add carrots, tomatoes, broth, seasoning.  Bring to boil.  Add chicken and sausage.  Bring to boil.  Turn heat down to low/medium low and simmer up to 1 hour.  Add kale and cook for 5 minutes.  Enjoy!

2 comments:

  1. Way to go on making your recipe! Very impressive! I am going to copy this down and try it sometime...yum! By the way, what show did you see at the theater?

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  2. We saw Clue. It was fun! We got to try and guess everything (killer, weapon, room). I really enjoyed this dinner theater.

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