Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo

Description

This classic Cajun dish with sliced smoked sausage, shrimp, bell peppers and okra in a rich broth is ladled into bowls over rice.

Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) package Hillshire Farm® Smoked Sausage
• ¼ cup cooking oil
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded, chopped
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup frozen sliced okra
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
• 2 cups chicken broth
• ½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• Salt to taste
• ½ pound large raw shrimp, peeled, deveined
• 3 cups hot cooked long-grain white rice

Instructions

1. Cut sausage into 1/2-inch slices; set aside.
2. 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.
3. Stir in onion
4. bell peppers
5. celery
6. okra and garlic; cook and stir 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in Cajun seasoning.
7. Stir in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low; stir in sausage
8. pepper sauce
9. black pepper and salt to taste. Simmer
10. covered 15 minutes. Remove cover.
11. Bring to a boil; add shrimp and cook 3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink.
12. Ladle gumbo into bowls with rice.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Servings: 6