Chicken & Linguica Gumbo Recipe

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb linguica sausage, cut in 1/4-inch-t, hick rounds
1 vegetable oil
1 each (2 1/2- to 3 1/2-pound) chicken, cu, t in pieces
1 salt and freshly ground black peppe, r to taste
1/2 cup flour plus 6 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cup (about 2 bunches) finely chopped gr, een onions, gre
1 white parts
1 cup finely chopped celery
1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
3 each garlic cloves, minced
9 cup chicken stock
1 cayenne pepper and/or tabasco sauce, to taste
2 each to 6 teaspoons file powder, accordi, ng to taste
4 cup hot, freshly cooked rice
1 finely chopped green onions for gar, nish

Cook the sausage in a large, heavy ungreased skillet over low heat,
turning the slices frequently with a spatula until there is a film of
fat over the bottom of the pan. Increase the heat to medium and,
turning the slices occasionally, continue to fry the sausage until
the slices are browned, about 6 minutes. Remove the sausage to paper
towels to drain. Add vegetable oil to the fat in the skillet to a
depth of 1/2 inch. Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
Place 1/2 cup of the flour on a plate. Dredge the chicken pieces in
the flour and shake of the excess. Heat the oil in the skillet over
medium-high heat. fry the chicken pieces in the hot fat until they
are golden brown on both sides and the eat is cooked through, about
12 to 15 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the skillet and
drain on paper towels. Reserve 6 tablespoons of fat from the skillet
an discard the rest. Whisk the reserved 6 tablespoons fat with the
remaining 6 tablespoons of flour in a large, heavy pot until smooth.
Cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until the fat-flour
mixture (called a roux) is nut brown. This will take several
minutes. Do not allow the roux to burn. Add the green onions,
celery, green pepper, parsley and garlic to the roux. Cook the
mixture, stirring over medium-low heat until the vegetables have
softened. Then, stirring constantly, slowly add the chicken stock.
Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat. Add the sausage to
the gumbo. Season to taste with salt, pepper, cayenne and/or Tabasco
sauce. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
While gumbo is simmering, bone the cooked chicken and, using your
fingers, shred the meat into pieces. Add to the gumbo and simmer for
15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally. NOTE: The gumbo tastes best
if prepared a day or two in advance and refrigerated. Let the gumbo
cool completely at room temperature, uncovered, before refrigerating.
Reheat over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Just before
serving, remove the gumbo from the heat. Taste for seasoning++it
should be spicy. Stir in the file powder to taste. (Note: File powder
turns stringy as it cooks, so it should not be added to the gumbo
until the pot has been removed from the heat.) Transfer the gumbo to
a heated tureen and serve it immediately, accompanied by a bowl of
rice. To serve, place about 1/2 cup rice to one side of a heated soup
plate.. Ladle the gumbo around the rice and garnish each serving with
a sprinkle of finely chopped green onions. Serves 8.

Servings: 8

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