How To Make Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo
Ready in under 30 minutes, this shrimp and sausage gumbo is a comfort dish that brims with the flavors of bell peppers and celery cooked in flavorful broth.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tbspvegetable oil
- 1red bell pepper
- 1medium onion
- 1celery rib
- 2clovesgarlic
- ¼tspcayenne pepper
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- ½lbandouille sausage,or spicy kielbasa
- 2tbspall purpose flour
- 4cupschicken stock,or canned low-sodium broth
- 2sprigsthyme
- ¾lbmedium shrimp,shelled and deveined
- 1scallion
- 1tbspflat leaf parsley,finely chopped
Instructions
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In a large saucepan, heat the vegetable oil until shimmering. Add the red bell pepper, chopped onion, celery, chopped garlic, and cayenne.
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Season the vegetables with salt and pepper and cook them over moderately high heat for about 2 minutes until they are softened.
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Add the sausage to the vegetables and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned.
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Sprinkle the flour on top of the sausage and vegetables and stir until evenly coated.
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Add the chicken stock and thyme sprigs and simmer over moderate heat for 10 minutes.
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Add the shrimp and scallion to the saucepan, season lightly with salt, and simmer for about 2 minutes longer, stirring until the shrimp are opaque and cooked through.
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Discard the thyme sprigs.
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Stir the parsley into the gumbo and serve at once.
Nutrition
- Calories: 435.31kcal
- Fat: 27.31g
- Saturated Fat: 7.05g
- Trans Fat: 0.07g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.56g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.27g
- Carbohydrates: 20.42g
- Fiber: 2.11g
- Sugar: 6.48g
- Protein: 25.93g
- Cholesterol: 147.25mg
- Sodium: 1353.31mg
- Calcium: 92.11mg
- Potassium: 634.37mg
- Iron: 2.04mg
- Vitamin A: 116.77µg
- Vitamin C: 45.74mg
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