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Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo.

You can cook Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo

1. You need 3 lbs of chicken thighs with bone and skin.
2. Prepare of Seasoned flour to dredge chicken.
3. You need 1 of lg yellow onion, chopped.
4. It's 1 of red & 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped.
5. You need 6 of celery stalks, chopped.
6. You need 8-10 of roma tomatoes, chopped.
7. Prepare 10 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed.
8. It's 1 1/2 cups of cream sherry.
9. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of shortening.
10. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of flour.
11. Prepare 10-12 cups of water.
12. Prepare 1/3 cup of granulated chicken bouillon.
13. It's 1 tbs of dried oregano.
14. You need 1 tbs of smoked paprika.
15. You need 1/2 tbs of white pepper.
16. Prepare of Cajun seasoning to taste. I like it spicy so I used a fair bit.
17. It's 1 pkg of frozen okra.
18. You need 1 1/2-2 lbs of andouille sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick.
19. You need 4-6 cups of prepared white rice.
20. You need of Gumbo filé.

Brad's chicken and sausage gumbo step by step

1. Place seasoned flour into a lg ziplock bag. Add chicken and seal. Shake well to coat evenly. Heat canola oil in a lg frying pan just under medium heat. Fry chicken covered until golden brown on both sides. Set aside..
2. In the same pan, reserve 2 tbs of the chicken grease. Add onions, peppers, and celery. Fry on medium heat until onions are translucent..
3. Meanwhile in a lg Dutch oven, melt shortening on medium heat. Add flour and mix thoroughly. Stir almost constantly until the roux becomes almost a chocolate brown and smells very nutty. This takes a while, but is the base Flavor of the dish. If it starts to smell burnt. Start over..
4. Add tomatoes and garlic to the onion mixture. Keep frying until about half of the liquid from the onions evaporates. Add sherry. Bring to a simmer until half of that liquid evaporates..
5. When the roux is done it will be a nice caramel color. Slowly add the onion mixture to it. Continue to stir constantly. Add water and mix thoroughly. Add the fried chicken, bouillon and spices. Bring to a simmer and simmer for an hour uncovered. Stir every 5-10 minutes.
6. Adjust seasonings to taste. Add okra and sausage. Simmer for another 20 minutes..
7. In a bowl, plate rice off to one side. Add gumbo to the bowl, and top with a chicken thigh. Sprinkle a little gumbo filé on top and serve immediately. Enjoy..