Smoked Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Smoked Chicken and Sausage Gumbo is a great reason to fire up your pellet grill or smoker and make some delicious cajun food!
Servings 10
Calories 330kcal
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken thighs, boneless and skinless
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 dash salt
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 large orange or yellow pepper
- 1 stalk celery
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 2 teaspoon cajun seasoning
- 1 pound andouille sausage
- 4 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- Preheat smoker/pellet grill to 400 degrees
- Brush chicken with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and place on heated grill
- In a large grill safe dutch oven, add flour and butter
- Close and let chicken cook for about 5 minutes until seared on one side, then flip and cook on other side for about 5 more minutes
- Stir butter/flour and let continue to smoke and form a paste
- Remove chicken from grill and cover with foil
- Reduce heat on grill to 350 degrees and let flour/butter smoke for about 10 more minutes, stirring every 5 minutes
- Peel and finely chop carrot, celery, onion and pepper and add to pan and let cook for about 5 more minutes while continuing to stir
- Slowly (very slowly so as not to create lumps) add in broth while stirring constantly
- Stir in seasoning blend
- Slice sausage and add to pan along with returning the chicken
- Cover the pan and close the lid and let it continue to cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until chicken is fully cooked and shreds easily
- Shred chicken and serve gumbo with cooked rice or as desired. Garnished with parsley.
Notes
Note: all ingredients can be added to slow cooker instead and cooked on low or 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
Nutrition
Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 133mg | Sodium: 872mg | Potassium: 509mg | Vitamin A: 1415IU | Vitamin C: 41.6mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1.9mg