"Quick" Gumbo!!! (Minus celery because I'm allergic 😬)

Name: "Quick" Gumbo!!! (Minus celery because I'm allergic 😬)
Total time: 180 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup Roux (= parts flour & oil cooked over medium heat until dark brown STIR CONSTANTLY!!!) make extra and keep it in the fridge! +/- 3/4 cup depending on how thick you want it; 1 lb sausage (Cajun or other) cut into bite size pieces; 1 lb pork or chicken cut into bite size pieces; 1 Cajun seasoning to taste; 1 tablespoon garlic powder (+/-); 1 large onion cut into bite sized pieces or smaller; 2 green bell peppers cut into bite sized pieces; 1 cup diced celery add it in when you add the bell pepper; 1/2 gallon chicken broth or water; 3 cup rice (white or brown) prepared. (=6 cups cooked); 1 *optional* serve with saltine crackers; this is great with potato salad! on the side or in it

Marilyn @mmmcupcake

Albuquerque, New Mexico

I lived in Louisiana for almost 20 years and I was blessed with a Cajun mother-in-law that is an amazing cook and she taught me all of her family recipes. ❤️

Marilyn @mmmcupcake

Albuquerque, New Mexico

I lived in Louisiana for almost 20 years and I was blessed with a Cajun mother-in-law that is an amazing cook and she taught me all of her family recipes. ❤️

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Ingredients

3 mins

6 servings

3/4 cupRoux (= parts flour & oil cooked over medium heat until dark brown STIR CONSTANTLY!!!) make extra and keep it in the fridge! +/- 3/4 cup depending on how thick you want it
1 lbsausage (Cajun or other) cut into bite size pieces
1 lbpork or chicken cut into bite size pieces
1Cajun seasoning to taste
1 tablespoongarlic powder (+/-)
1large onion cut into bite sized pieces or smaller
2green bell peppers cut into bite sized pieces
1 cupdiced celery add it in when you add the bell pepper
1/2 gallonchicken broth or water
3 cuprice (white or brown) prepared. (=6 cups cooked)
1*optional* serve with saltine crackers
this is great with potato salad! on the side or in it

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Steps

3 mins

1

Roux should be DARK! STIR STIR STIR!!!
2

Over medium high heat.* Add pork or chicken and sausage to large heated pot. Season with Cajun seasoning and garlic cook until it is slightly browned.
3

When meat is browned, add onion and bell pepper.
4

Stir pot to mix ingredients, cook approximately 10 minutes to cook onion and bell pepper.
5

Add Roux and stir
6

After roux is incorporated add liquid (chicken broth /water) making sure other ingredients are covered.
7

Turn heat down to medium low and simmer for 2+ hours adding water if it gets too dry. Stir occasionally...it shouldn't stick to the pot unless the heat is too high. TASTE TEST!! Does it need salt? Add some! More garlic? Add some! This is YOUR Gumbo add whatever you think it needs 😊
8

Prepare rice according to package directions. Place 1 cup rice in a bowl cover with gumbo to serve.