Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Title: Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Category: Soups & Stews

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4

Source: First Magazine

Ingredients

• 3 tbs. Oil
• 1 large onion -- chopped
• 1 rib celery -- chopped
• 3 cloves garlic -- minced
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 3/4 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs -- cut into 1" cubes
• 1/2 pound kielbasa -- cut into 1/2" slices
• 14 ounces canned peeled tomatoes -- drained and chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme, dried
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano, dried
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup frozen okra

Instructions

Heat 1 Tbs. oil in pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery and pepper. Cook until tender. Add garlic. Transfer to a bowl. In same pan, cook remaining oil and flour, stirring, until nut-brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Slowly stir in stock and 1 cup water. Bring to boil. Add chicken, kielbasa, cooked vegetables, tomatoes, thyme, oregano, 1 tsp. salt and the cayenne. Simmer 12 minutes. Add okra and cook 5 minutes longer.

Notes

Serve over rice