Lentil Sausage Gumbo Recipes

Steps:

• For the lentils:
• Put 2 to 3 tablespoons of the oil into a good-sized saucepan (and one that has a lid that fits) on the heat and when it's warm, add the chopped onion. Sprinkle with salt (which helps prevent its browning) and cook over low to medium heat until soft (about 5 minutes). Add the lentils, stir well and then cover generously with cold water. Bring to the boil, then cover and let simmer gently for 1/2 an hour or so until cooked and most, if not all, the liquid's absorbed. I don't add salt at this stage since the sauce provided by the sausages later (and which will be poured over the lentils) will be pretty salty itself. So, wait and taste. And remember, you can of course cook the lentils in advance.
• Anyway, when either the lentils are nearly ready or you're about to reheat them, put a heavy-based frying pan on the burner, cover with a film of oil and add the bruised garlic. Cook for a few minutes then add and brown the sausages. When the sausages are brown on both sides - which won't take more than 5 minutes or so - throw in the wine and water and let bubble up. Cover the pan, either with a lid or aluminum foil, and cook for about 15 minutes. Using a fork, mash the now-soft garlic into the sauce and taste for seasoning, adding a little more water if it's too strong.
• Remove the lentils to a shallowish bowl or dish (I evacuate the sausages from their cooking pan, plonk the lentils in, then proceed) then cover with the sausages and their garlicky, winey gravy. Sprinkle over some flat-leaf parsley.

Steps:

• Combine water, lentils and onion in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 15 minutes. Add sliced sausage, and season with cumin, salt and pepper. Simmer until lentils are tender, about 5 to 10 more minutes.

Steps:

• Cut sausage into 1/2-inch slices; set aside.
• Combine flour and oil in a 4 quart heavy saucepan; mixing until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir 6-8 minutes or until roux is a dark reddish brown.
• Stir in onion, bell peppers, celery, okra and garlic; cook and stir 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in Cajun seasoning.
• Stir in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low; stir in sausage, pepper sauce, black pepper and salt to taste. Simmer, covered 15 minutes. Remove cover.
• Bring to a boil; add shrimp and cook 3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink.
• Ladle gumbo into bowls with rice.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the celery, onion, green pepper and carrot in oil until tender. Stir in flour until blended; gradually add broth. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the sausage, tomatoes, oregano, thyme and cayenne. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until heated through. Serve with rice. Freeze Option: Freeze soup and rice, if desired, in freezer containers. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until heated through, adding a little water if necessary. Serve gumbo with rice.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pan, cook the sausages until browned, then remove. Tip in remaining oil, onion, garlic and pepper, then cook, about 5 mins more until softened. Add lentils and sausages to the pan with the stock and wine, if using.
• Bring up to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins until lentils have softened and sausages are cooked through. Serve with plenty of crusty bread.

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large pot. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Add onion, celery and chopped garlic, and saute until tender and translucent. Stir in lentils, carrot, water, chicken broth and tomatoes. Season with garlic powder, parsley, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Cover, and simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or until lentils are tender.
• Stir in pasta, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until pasta is tender.

Steps:

• Brown sliced sausage in stew pot sprayed with cooking spray. Remove and make roux using salad oil and flour. Cook roux until brown but not burnt. Add garlic and saute until soft. Add broth, sausages, lentils, and seasonings. Bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour or until lentils are soft when pressed. Serve with corn bread.

Steps:

• Mix sausage, bell pepper, onion, garlic, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper in 3 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 hours (or high heat setting 3 to 4 hours) or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in okra, vinegar and pepper sauce.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting about 30 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Serve gumbo over rice.

Steps:

• Place chicken and next 10 ingredients in large stockpot and cover with water (approx. 1 gallon) and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is tender (approx. 1 hour).
• Using tongs, remove chicken to a strainer and cool.
• Strain chicken stock into a large container (discard whatever the strainer catches). Save stock for use in gumbo later.
• Remove meat from bones in pieces and reserve to add to gumbo later.
• Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Add okra to skillet and cook until no longer sticky, stirring frequently (about 20 minutes), then set aside to add to gumbo later.
• Stir flour and 1/3 cup vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir frequently until it becomes a deep, golden brown roux (approx, 30 minutes). It should appear to be the color of peanut butter.
• Add the chopped yellow onions, bell peppers, celery and garlic to the roux and stir until soft.
• Add 4 cups of the reserved chicken stock and okra, tomatoes, sausage, and all herbs/spices except for file powder. Cover partially and simmer until thickened (approx. 1.5 hours).
• Spoon off any fat from surface of gumbo.
• Add chicken and file powder and simmer 15 more minutes.
• Serve in bowls over steamed white rice.

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups water toa boil in med. sausepan over high heat.
• Meanwhile cut sausage in half lengthwise, then crosswise into 1/2 inch slices.
• Stir rice into boiling water.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 18 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• While rice is cooking, place sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, carrot, oregano, thyme and ground red pepper in large microwavable container.
• Cover and cook on HIGH 5 minutes; stir.
• Cook 3 minutes more or until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• While vegetable mixture is cooking, prepare roux.
• Sprinkle flour evenly over bottom of dutch oven.
• Cook over high heat without stirring, 3 to 4 minutes or until flour begins to brown.
• Reduce heat to medium and stir flour about 4 minutes or until evenly browned.
• Stir in oil until smooth. (Roux will be thick and chocolate brown).
• Carefully pour vegetable mixture into dutch oven and stir until coated with roux.
• Stir in tomatoes and broth; bring to a boil over high heat.
• Cover and simmer over medium heat 5 minutes.
• Serve gumbo over rice in individual bowls.

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, mix flour and oil until smooth; cook and stir over medium heat until light brown, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook and stir until dark reddish brown, about 15 minutes (do not burn). Gradually stir in 3 cups broth; transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker., Stir in sausage, vegetables, garlic and seasonings. Cook, covered, on low until flavors are blended, 6-8 hours. Stir in chicken and remaining broth; heat through. Serve with rice. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add a little broth if necessary.

Steps:

• First make the roux. To make roux, heat oil in saucepan. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until flour turns a dark brown.
• Be careful not to burn. Set aside.
• In another saucepan, saute sausage, onions, green and red bell peppers, garlic and celery in garlic butter for approximately 10 minutes;.
• Stir in roux, canned tomatoes and seasonings and let simmer for 20 minutes. Slowly stir in 1 litre chicken broth and.
• simmer to reduce stock for about 2 hours. Adjust with water or chicken stock to taste. Add the raw chicken about 5-10 minutes before serving and let it cook in the gumbo. Serve over hot rice.

Steps:

• Pour bacon grease into the pan and bring the heat up to Medium.
• Add shallots and onions to grease and cook slowly until they start to look burnt and stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Add cider to pan and reduce volume by 1/2 or more while stirring with a whisk. This will break up the shallots and turn very thick after a few minutes.
• Add oil and butter (I also add whatever I skim off the top of the chicken I boil for this).
• When oil and butter are hot, begin stirring in the flour, 1 tablespoon every 2 minutes until you go through the whole cup. I use a wire whisk for this and stir the whole time -- watching the smell so the flour doesn't burn (if you burn a roux, you need to start over or your gumbo will taste gross.) This takes about half an hour.
• When the roux is ready (all flour is incorporated with the grease), add the green pepper, onion and celery and 1-2 cups of broth. Cook this while stirring for about 10 minutes until the vegetables start to cook.
• Add stock, 1 cup at a time until the Gumbo is as watery as you like it. Bring this up to a slow boil, reduce the heat and cover it. Let it cook this way for about 15 minutes.
• Add sausage, cover again and cook another 10 minutes.
• Add the chicken and okra, turn the heat all the way down to low and cook 20 minutes.
• Serve with additional filé, over rice with soda crackers.

Steps:

• Combine flour and oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until it forms a thick paste the consistency of cake frosting. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the flour turns dark golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. The darker the roux, the more depth of flavor, but don't burn it.
• Add onions, bell peppers, okra, celery, garlic, Creole seasoning, thyme, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Cook until vegetables are tender, 3 to 6 minutes.
• While vegetables are cooking, bring 4 cups water to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Add unopened bag of rice and boil, uncovered, until rice is tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove bag from water and drain. Cut open bag, pour rice into a bowl, and fluff.
• Stir chicken, kielbasa, diced tomatoes, and chicken broth into the cooked vegetables. Cook until thoroughly heated, about 10 minutes. Serve gumbo over warm rice.

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a medium pot. Add lentils to the boiling water, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and let cook until soft, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Puree the lentils into a thick paste using a food processor or blender.
• Heat olive oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir, 1 to 2 minutes. Add 1/4 cup chicken broth and continue to cook until the onion starts to soften, 1 to 2 minutes more.
• Add turmeric, cumin, chili powder, and red pepper flakes to the broth and stir until the liquid is very orange. Stir in tomatoes and another 1/2 cup of broth. Cover and cook, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add remaining broth. Gradually stir lentil puree, a little at a time, until it is all mixed in. The mixture should be thick and creamy. Stir in chicken sausage. Cover the pot, reduce heat to low, and cook, checking and stirring occasionally, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat, let cool for 2 minutes, then serve warm.