La Cajun Gumbo Recipe

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La Cajun Gumbo
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Ingredients:

  • 1 large gumbo pot /stock pot
  • 1 hen cut up i prefer a hen but you can use a chicken/fryer but be careful of it fall apart unless it is deboned... lesser time in the cooking)
  • 1/4 cup of oil
  • 1 tbsp cajun seasoning
  • 16 oz dark roux ( savoy)
  • 1 can 32 oz chicken broth
  • 8 cups water
  • 1 lb of tasso
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 4 cups cooked rice

Directions:

  1. In your gumbo pot
  2. Pour your oil and heat
  3. Season your hen
  4. Place hen into your gumbo pot , cook until brown,
  5. Add... andouille, sausage, tasso let brown with hen.
  6. After browning all meat remove from pot and add
  7. Yellow or white onions, after saute' of the onions
  8. Add some of your parsley, green onions. reserving 1/2 of them for later.
  9. Add roux ( you may make your own or buy Savoy )
  10. Add about a 1/2 jar of the 16 oz of roux. let melt down into the onions
  11. You may add some of the chicken broth at this time to keep it from burning....keep stirring until it becomes a smooth liquid paste, you may then return to the pot your hen, sausage, andouille, tasso. add some more chicken broth, and water.
  12. Making your gumbo as thick or thin as you would like it by eirther not adding to much water or adding the water.....I prefer the in between. a thin gumbo is uck to me....
  13. Let your gumbo cook at a med. heat for about 2 hour 30 minutes or until your hen is tender.
  14. If you want a recipe for roux check out mine....
  15. Thank you and enjoy
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 11.46 Kcal (48 kJ)
Calories from fat 7.2 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.8g 1%
Cholesterol 1.01mg 0%
Sodium 18.16mg 1%
Potassium 5.58mg 0%
Total Carbs 0.72g 0%
Sugars 0.02g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0.06g 0%
Protein 0.28g 1%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Calcium 0.8mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 146.71 Kcal (614 kJ)
Calories from fat 92.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.24g 1%
Cholesterol 12.93mg 0%
Sodium 232.63mg 1%
Potassium 71.52mg 0%
Total Carbs 9.26g 0%
Sugars 0.26g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0.82g 0%
Protein 3.54g 1%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 0%
Iron 0.5mg 0%
Calcium 10.4mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 0.3
    Points
  • 0
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • sugar free

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