Slow Cooker Gumbo Recipes

Steps:

• Line a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with a Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner.
• Add tomatoes, chicken, broth, green pepper, onion, celery, Cajun seasoning, garlic, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to prepared slow cooker. Stir gently with wooden spoon or rubber scraper to combine.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• Remove lid and stir in shrimp gently with a wooden spoon or rubber scraper. Cover and cook about 3 minutes more, or until shrimp is opaque. Serve over cooked rice.

Steps:

• In a slow-cooker, combine the chicken and all remaining ingredients except the rice. Mix well to combine. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours. Serve over rice.

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Heat 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Drizzle with olive oil, and add sausage. Cook about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage lightly browns; spoon into slow cooker. In same skillet, add onion, bell pepper and celery. Cook until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally; add to slow cooker. In same skillet, add chopped chicken. Cook until no longer pink, stirring occasionally; add to slow cooker. Add okra to slow cooker.
• In heavy or cast-iron skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-low heat. Using whisk, beat in flour; add Cajun seasoning and thyme. Continue to beat and cook 15 to 20 minutes, making roux that is brown and smells very nutty. Add beef stock, and beat well with whisk. Heat to boiling, beating constantly. Cook until thickened; add to slow cooker.
• Add diced tomatoes to slow cooker; stir well. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 hours.
• Serve gumbo with rice. Garnish with green onions before serving.

Steps:

• Layer the chicken, sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, okra, rice, and Cajun seasoning into a large resealable plastic bag. Pour the diced tomatoes over the ingredients in the bag. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Squeeze out the air from the bag and seal. Freeze until ready to use, up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before cooking.
• Pour the contents of the bag into a 6-quart slow cooker. Add 1 cup water. Cook on low until the chicken is tender and the flavors meld, 6 to 8 hours. Season with salt. Serve with hot sauce and bread.

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes with juice and broth in slow cooker. Sprinkle flour evenly over bottom of small skillet. Cook over high heat without stirring 3 to 4 minutes or until flour begins to brown. Reduce heat to medium; stir flour about 4 minutes. Stir in oil until smooth. Carefully whisk flour mixture into slow cooker.
• Add sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, carrot, oregano, thyme, and red pepper. Stir well. Cover; cook on LOW 4 1/2 hours to 5 hours.
• Serve gumbo over rice. Sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• Make a roux: Combine cooking oil and all-purpose flour in a small saucepan and heat on medium low for 15 to 20 minutes stirring regularly until it turns a chocolatey brown. Black lumps means you've burned it ;).
• Meanwhile dice your vegetables and place them in the slow cooker.
• Slice the sausages into discs and fry them until golden brown, add to slow cooker.
• Cube the chicken and fry until no pink remains, add to slow cooker.
• Pour roux over contents of slow cooker.
• Add 4 cups of chicken stock to slow cooker.
• Add spices to slow cooker, stir well.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 5 hours.
• Optionally add cooked shrimp and heat for an additional 20-30 minutes.
• Serve over a bed of rice prepared as per it's package instructions.

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add flour; cook, stirring constantly, until flour is deep golden and smells toasty, 7 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat if browning too quickly. Transfer to a 6-quart slow cooker.
• Add oil, bell peppers, onion, and garlic to the skillet; cook and stir until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir into slow cooker until coated. Stir in sausage, tomatoes, broth, Cajun seasoning, salt, and black pepper.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 7 hours or on High for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Stir in shrimp; cook until opaque, about 30 minutes on Low or 15 minutes on High.
• Meanwhile, place riced cauliflower in a heatproof dish, cover, and microwave until heated through, about 4 minutes, stirring halfway through.
• Serve gumbo over cauliflower. Sprinkle with parsley and additional black pepper.