Justin Wilsons Gumbo Recipes

Steps:

• "Firs', you gotta make-a-roux, you know dat".
• In a cast iron dutch oven, combine oil and flour on MED heat. Stir the mixture constantly and slowly until it browns.
• "You cook dat til you tink, dat's gonna burn, but dat's not what it did, see y'gots to cook dat til it's like Dutch chocolate, y'see?".
• When the roux reaches it's proper, aforementioned color, you add the onion. Once that onion has cooked clear looking, add your garlic, and whisk in 4 cups of water.
• Next you stir in the worcestershire and hot sauce, and add your andouille sausage.
• Now it's time to add your chicken. "I put the pieces I like most of all, which is all the shicken, and the part what go over de fence last, I like dat.".
• Add your 4 cups of Sauterne wine, and 2.5 teaspoons of salt. Stir all this together and your gumbo is completed,.
• except for the cooking.
• " What you did with dis, now you cook dis today, an don' serve it today, no. You put it in you icebox tonight, an tomorrow, bring it to a boil an let it simmer for about an hour, an den eat dat, cause it taste more batter den, hoooo, it always does.".
• Whether you can wait until the next day or not, cook it a long time until the chicken is ready to fall off the bone.
• Serve it with hot cooked rice and offer ï¬�le powder to you guests.

Steps:

• Heat 2 Tblsp of vegetable oil in a large, deep skillet or small dutch oven.
• Add the cubed chicken, sprinkled with Cajun seasoning, and brown it until almost cooked thru, then add sliced smoked sausage (its pre-cooked).
• Add the sliced onions, green bell peppers (I sometimes use a mix of green and red, depending what I have on hand), and celery (if using) and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add the rice, chicken broth, salt, cayenne pepper (and any additional Cajun seasoning to taste).
• Bring to a low boil, reduce heat to a low simmer and cover. (Extra broth may be needed toward the end of cooking).
• Simmer for approx 20 minutes, or until rice is tender.
• Stir once thru-out cooking time, but keep lid closed and make sure not to scorch the bottom).
• Check for done-ness by tasting it! If the rice is cooked and the chicken isn't pink on the inside, it's done.
• Sprinkle on a little fresh, chopped parsley and a pinch of "Gumbo File" after plating, (if desired). Serve and enjoy!