What could be better than good home-cooking? Especially when its something as delicious as my Quick and Easy Skillet Chicken Gumbo!
Skillet Chicken Gumbo, those are three words that evoke delicious memories…..sigh. Louisiana cooking at its best with Mama Jeanette.
Of course, Mama used a cast iron skillet that had seen many forms of deliciousness, but I do believe her personal favorite was always a tasty skilletful of Chicken Gumbo. And that my friends is what we’re making today!
Let’s start by gathering the ingredients we need to make my Skillet Chicken Gumbo. In Chef Speak this is called the “Mise en Place” which translates to “Everything in its Place”.
Not only does setting your ingredients up ahead of time speed the up cooking process, but it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.
Comfort food brings out the best in people. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just plain delicious. Tried and true recipes redone for the fast-paced lifestyle we live, bring deliciousness to your kitchen.
Spend this time with family and friends, enjoying the flavorful as spicy as you like the taste of my Chicken Gumbo. Bring sausage back to the dinner table with this dish.
Wouldn’t you like to sit down to a bowlful of this deliciousness? I bet your family would love this hearty, heartwarming dish. And the best part is, you only need one pan to create this Cajun Classic.
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Quick and Easy Skillet Chicken Gumbo Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound cajun sausage cut into ¼-inch-thick slices
- 1 pound skinless chicken thighs with bone
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 3 stalks celery sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 2 cups okra sliced
- 1 quart chicken stock
- 3 cloves garlic finely diced
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 14 ounces stewed tomatoes or crushed tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce more or less for your tastes
Assembly
- 2 cups Hot cooked rice to serve with Gumbo
- 1 pinch chopped green onions for garnish
- Filé powder for serving optional
Instructions
- In a large deep skillet add cooking oil. I used olive oil. Allow pan to get hot
- Dredge chicken thighs in flour seasoned with sea salt and pepper. place in pan over medium high heat, meat side down and allow to sear for 4-5 minutes until the chicken gets a good color. Turn over and do the same thing to the other side.
- Remove chicken from pan, and set aside until needed.
- Add peppers, onion, garlic and celery to oil and saute for 1 minute.
- Add flour to pan and mix well. If more oil or flour is needed add it in now.
- Turn heat down to medium and allow roux to cook and brown for 10-12 minutes, stirring constantly. Roux should turn medium brown. Be careful not to burn roux, you just want it to cook and get brown.
- Add chicken stock and mix well, making sure all the roux gets incorporated into the stock.
- Add stewed tomatoes, creole seasoning and Worcestershire sauce, mix well.
- Reduce heat to low, add chicken and simmer, stirring occasionally for 1 hour.
- Remove chicken and allow to cool.
- Add sausage, okra and chopped parsley to gumbo, let it simmer for 20-30 minutes.
- Bone chicken and pull meat apart. Add chicken to gumbo, and simmer 5 minutes.
- Serve Gumbo over plain white rice.
- Garnish with chopped green onions and file powder.
- Enjoy!
Bryan
Well, this turned out marvelous!!
Tiffany La Forge-Grau
This recipe is so tried and true. I would love to try your variant. It looks super yummy!
Ruth I
My sister likes gumbo. She always asks eat when we are eating out and it’s available. I’ll have to try this recipe soon. Looks delicious!
Rena
I cannot wait to try this out! I love gumbo and I would love to be able to make it at home.
Kathy
I love gumbo! I was just thinking of making some the other day. I’m so glad I saw your recipe. I’ll have to save this so I can try it out later.
Monica Y
I need to prepare this for dinner soon, my family would love for me to prepare something different that looks so delicious
Kristine Nicole Alessandra
Southern cuisine is true comfort food. This Chicken Gumbo looks really tasty. I am saving the recipe and adding this dish to our meal plan for next week. Thanks for the recipe.
Catalina
This is the kind of dinner that my husband will like. This skillet chicken gumbo dish looks amazingly delicious!
Tasheena
I haven’t made gumbo in such a long time. Looking forward to making this recipe for my family. I know they’re gonna love it.
cait
is it crazy to say ive never tried gumbo but this recipe looks like i may need to change that! YUM!
Melissa Dixon
Wow this really looks so good and I am excited to try and make this for my family.
Lisa
This looks so delicious. I love gumbo and my husband likes to take leftovers for luch. I’ll have to make this soon.
Jenn@Engineermommy
This gumbo dish looks so delicious, warm, and comforting. I am certain it tastes and smells as good as it looks!
Amber Myers
I am all about quick and easy! I am pretty sure my family will be a fan of this. It looks amazing.
Giju
Another classic I would love to try one day! Your version looks awesome! Would love to have this dish simmering this afternoon! Yummy!