How to Make Yummy Chicken and Turkey Sausage Gumbo

Chicken and Turkey Sausage Gumbo. Delicious sausages made with premium ingredients. Place the onion, bell pepper, and celery in a slow cooker. Place the chicken and sausage on top of vegetables; sprinkle with the Cajun seasoning.

This gumbo is a great use for leftover roasted turkey, though cooked chicken will also work. We skip the long-stirred roux here in favor of filé powder, a thickener made from the sassafras plant; look for it on the spice aisle. For the best results, stir in the filé powder off the heat. You can have Chicken and Turkey Sausage Gumbo using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken and Turkey Sausage Gumbo

1. It's of chicken breasts.
2. It's of 13 oz. turkey sausage.
3. It's of chopped onion.
4. Prepare of bell pepper - chopped.
5. It's of chopped celery.
6. You need of tomatoes peeled & chopped.
7. It's of Tbl. "Vegeta".
8. You need of Tbl. red crushed pepper.
9. Prepare of chicken stock.
10. You need of olive oil.
11. Prepare of garlic powder.
12. Prepare of roux.

I substituted smoked country sausage for traditional andouille sausage used in Cajun gumbo. Make sure to brown the sausage and chicken until they both have crispy caramelization. Andouille sausage and chicken are two common proteins in gumbo, but not the only ones by a long shot. Then there's gumbo z'herbes, a Lenten version made with an acre's worth of sundry greens and not a scrap from the animal kingdom.

Chicken and Turkey Sausage Gumbo instructions

1. Sautee chicken breasts until done in olive oil and garlic. Cut into pieces and add to crock pot with chicken broth..
2. Sautee onions and celery in olive oil. Add remaining ingredients to crock pot except for tomatoes. Save for end of cooking time..
3. Cook for two hours on high or four hours on low. Add tomatoes in the end of cooking time..

Speaking of vegetables, some gumbos, Creole ones, have tomato; others, Cajun ones, do not. Add the smoked sausage and stir. Add the chicken pieces, bay leaf and finely minced fresh garlic. Cut the meat from the bones and discard the bones. Whisk in turkey juices or stock until well combined.