Creole Chicken and Sauce

Name: Creole Chicken and Sauce
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Creole Sauce; 2 ounce butter; 8 ounces andouille sausage (smoked sausage) cut into dice or rounds; 6 ounces sweet onions -- julienned; 6 ounces red bell pepper -- julienned; 2 stalks celery -- julienned; 4 cloves garlic -- minced; 1 each bay leaf; 2 teaspoons paprika; 14 ounce can petite diced tomatoes- with the juice; 2 cups chicken stock; 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce; 2 teaspoons Crystal hot sauce; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning; 4 tablespoons water; Creole Chicken; 1 pound chicken, sliced ¼ inch thick and lightly seasoned with salt and pepper; Seasoned flour; 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon oregano; 2 ounces oil as needed

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Creole Chicken and Sauce

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Ingredients

Creole Sauce
2 ouncebutter
8 ouncesandouille sausage (smoked sausage) cut into dice or rounds
6 ouncessweet onions -- julienned
6 ouncesred bell pepper -- julienned
2 stalkscelery -- julienned
4 clovesgarlic -- minced
1each bay leaf
2 teaspoonspaprika
14 ouncecan petite diced tomatoes- with the juice
2 cupschicken stock
2 teaspoonsWorcestershire sauce
2 teaspoonsCrystal hot sauce
1 teaspoonsalt
2 teaspoonsCajun seasoning
4 tablespoonswater
Creole Chicken
1 poundchicken, sliced ¼ inch thick and lightly seasoned with salt and pepper
Seasoned flour
1 cupflour
1 teaspoonsalt
1 teaspoonCajun seasoning
1 teaspoongarlic powder
1 teaspoonoregano
2 ouncesoil as needed

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Steps

1

Creole Sauce
2

Sauté andouille sausage, onions, peppers, celery, garlic and bay leaf in butter for 3-5 minutes or until tender over a medium high heat.
3

Add paprika, creole seasoning, diced tomatoes, and chicken stock.
4

Stir well and add hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and salt.
5

Simmer lightly for about 10 minutes
6

Mix the cornstarch with the water and stir into the sauce and simmer for 3 minutes and set aside
7

Cajun Chicken
8

Cut the chicken into ¼ inch stripes (thin).
9

Mix together the dry ingredients and coat the chicken with the seasoned flour and shake off the excess.
10

In a large sauté pan heat the oil and brown on both sides of the chicken. (add more oil if needed)
11

Remove excess oil and add Creole sauce and chicken together and simmer 10 – 15 minutes. Adjust seasoning as needed (Note* If it seems thick you can add additional chicken stock to thin the sauce :)