File Gumbo Recipe
Authentic file gumbo recipe.
Ingredients
1/4
cup
+ 2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4
cup
flour
1
medium onion
chopped
1
medium green bell pepper
chopped
2
stalks celery
chopped
2
garlic cloves
minced
2
cups
cooked chicken
diced
1
pound
spicy smoked sausage
1
quart
chicken broth
2-3
tbsp
Cajun seasoning
1
dash hot pepper sauce
3
tbsp
gumbo file
Instructions
Heat the sausage in a large pot until it begins to release oil.
Combine with the cooked chicken.
In the 2 tbsp of oil, sauté the onions, bell peppers and celery.
Add the garlic and toss.
Combine this mixture with the chicken and sausage.
Heat the remaining oil in the pot for a few minutes.
Add the flour and stir until the color of the flour turns brown.
Pour in the chicken broth and stir to make thin gravy.
Add the meats and vegetables back to the pot and add the Cajun seasoning.
Simmer the gumbo for half an hour and remove from the stove.
Serve over a bowl of rice.