Recipe: Perfect crockpot sausage gumbo

crockpot sausage gumbo. This easy crock pot gumbo is wonderful to enjoy with family and friends. Great for a busy week or to take tailgating or camping. Combine tomatoes with juice and broth in slow cooker.

That being said I was eager to try out a gumbo recipe involving a slow cooker. I followed the recipe for the most part but I didn't precook the chicken. I cubed it and threw it in with the rest of the ingredients. You can cook crockpot sausage gumbo using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of crockpot sausage gumbo

1. You need of water.
2. It's of it all goes in the crockpot people... how simple is that.
3. You need of spicy sausage sliced.
4. It's of brown rice.
5. Prepare of vegetable stock.
6. You need of onion chopped.
7. Prepare of red and green bell peppers chopped.
8. It's of sliced okra.
9. You need of diced tomatoes.
10. Prepare of celery stalks.
11. Prepare of tomato sauce.
12. Prepare of black pepper.
13. You need of salt.
14. It's of red pepper flakes.

For the smoked sausage I used Andouille of course. A Louisiana gumbo is a time-honored dish that can be time consuming to prepare, but when made in the crock pot, this hearty stew comes together quickly and then cooks unattended for several hours. As with almost all gumbos, this slow cooker chicken and sausage version starts with a roux. Add oil; heat over medium heat.

crockpot sausage gumbo instructions

1. slice sausage in quarter inch pieces.
2. also cut ends off of okra and cut in quarter inch pieces.
3. cut ends off celery and chop in quarter inch pieces.
4. wash remaining veggies and chop.
5. add all ingredients to crock pot and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
6. 6 hours might do it but you have to make sure that the rice is completely cooked.

Add sausage, chicken, okra, onion, sweet pepper, celery, garlic, salt, pepper, can tomatoes, and ground red pepper. Ingredients needed to make Crockpot Gumbo. Chicken Breast Smoked Sausage (kielbasa, farmers sausage, garlic sausage, andouille sausage, etc) Shrimp, raw and shells removed Onion Green pepper Hot pepper, (jalapeno, serrano, scotch bonnet, habanero, etc) (optional!!!) Slow Cooked Chicken & Sausage Gumbo Haiku: "Celery still crunchy. And roux more than ten minutes. We loved this." Full disclosure: I followed the recipe except I used a can of Kirkland chicken instead of the chicken thighs and a chicken Andouille sausage instead of Italian sausage.