Chicken Gumbo

Wonder Woman · 12-01-2007, 10:01 AM

This recipe is for gumbo that is safe in our pork free, dairy free, MSG free, more-allergies-than-I-want-to-list home.

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
3 large bell peppers
3 large onions
4 large stalks celery
at least 3 garlic cloves
salt
pepper
red pepper
okra or file
parsley
one can stewed tomatoes
oil
flour
smoke flavor
cooked white rice

First, you make a roux

j/k - that's how every good southern recipe starts.

Actually, you want to make your chicken stock first.

Put everything except the oil, flour, rice and file in the pot and stew together for several hours. The pot I'm making right now, my guests don't care to eat onions or peppers but they like the flavor - so I left the veggies in large pieces and will remove them.

About 45 minutes to an hour prior to serving, cook up a pot of white rice and make your roux. Since this gumbo has only chicken in it, make the roux as dark as you can get it - just this side of black.

Add in the roux.

Let simmer on the stove until ready to serve.

Serve over bowls of hot white rice.

I usually offer a couple of kinds of crackers and some home made french bread to go as a side.

And I typically set the file on the table and let each guest add their own.

hbmamma · 12-02-2007, 06:00 PM

That sounds tasty!

domesticzookeeper · 12-02-2007, 06:06 PM

Yeah, this is definitely going on the menu this week

RealLifeMama · 12-02-2007, 08:34 PM

Yumm!

knitlove · 10-14-2009, 09:18 AM

I am so happy I found this, it is going on the menu this week.

DancingWithElves · 10-14-2009, 09:32 AM

mmmm, thanks! i think i'll put some sausage in when i make it though... smokey and spicy.

knitlove · 10-14-2009, 12:08 PM

I am planing on adding sausage and shrimp.

12-01-2007, 10:01 AM	#1
Wonder Woman Deactivated Yep. I'm a 3. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 19,140	Chicken Gumbo This recipe is for gumbo that is safe in our pork free, dairy free, MSG free, more-allergies-than-I-want-to-list home. 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts 3 large bell peppers 3 large onions 4 large stalks celery at least 3 garlic cloves salt pepper red pepper okra or file parsley one can stewed tomatoes oil flour smoke flavor cooked white rice First, you make a roux j/k - that's how every good southern recipe starts. Actually, you want to make your chicken stock first. Put everything except the oil, flour, rice and file in the pot and stew together for several hours. The pot I'm making right now, my guests don't care to eat onions or peppers but they like the flavor - so I left the veggies in large pieces and will remove them. About 45 minutes to an hour prior to serving, cook up a pot of white rice and make your roux. Since this gumbo has only chicken in it, make the roux as dark as you can get it - just this side of black. Add in the roux. Let simmer on the stove until ready to serve. Serve over bowls of hot white rice. I usually offer a couple of kinds of crackers and some home made french bread to go as a side. And I typically set the file on the table and let each guest add their own.

12-02-2007, 06:00 PM	#2
hbmamma Deactivated Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 2,866	Re: Chicken Gumbo That sounds tasty!

12-02-2007, 06:06 PM	#3
domesticzookeeper Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10,109	Re: Chicken Gumbo Yeah, this is definitely going on the menu this week __________________ emily

12-02-2007, 08:34 PM	#4
RealLifeMama Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 18,230	Re: Chicken Gumbo Yumm! __________________ A, Mother of Dancing Diva, 21 Boy Wonder 19, Mr. Cool 15, and Ninja 13 Sunshine, 11, and 8 year old Joy

10-14-2009, 09:18 AM	#5
knitlove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle area Posts: 21,158	Re: Chicken Gumbo I am so happy I found this, it is going on the menu this week. __________________ Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years. Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this.

10-14-2009, 09:32 AM	#6
DancingWithElves Rose Garden Blissed out in the January sun Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: that perfect place :) Posts: 11,701	Re: Chicken Gumbo mmmm, thanks! i think i'll put some sausage in when i make it though... smokey and spicy. __________________ ~I r e n e~ sweet and sassy wife, mama, healer, part-time dragon-slayer the worst PM answerer ever my belongs to the babywearing 'Architect' Dancing with my three Magical Elves Smiles the Stampede Sugar Plump & Double Dimples Kissing each elf 1,000,000 times a day, and when there's time left tracking gnomes, singing folk songs on the porch, befriending dragonflies, and bopping sun-frosted 'fros through the dandelion fields.

10-14-2009, 12:08 PM	#7
knitlove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle area Posts: 21,158	Re: Chicken Gumbo I am planing on adding sausage and shrimp. __________________ Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years. Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this.

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