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Sausage Gumbo

PAIR WITH

Pimento Cheese Drop Biscuits

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I love gumbo, but I don’t love standing in front of a hot pan for 30 minutes, stirring the base flour and oil mixture called “roux.” Fortunately, brown roux can be cooked in as little at 6 minutes in the microwave, just enough time to get the Cajun “holy trinity” of onions, peppers, and celery started in the soup pot

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This soup is super-adaptable. I use smoked turkey sausage, but you can substitute 12 oz [340 g] of peeled and deveined shrimp and add them with the okra. Or make the gumbo vegan by substituting a large chopped garnet yam for the sausage and using vegetable broth rather than chicken broth. I prefer frozen or homemade fresh black-eyed peas to mushy ca

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, y’all

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SERVES

4 TO 6

ACTIVE TIME

20

MINUTES

TOTAL TIME

45

MINUTES

1

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2

cup [70 g] all-purpose flour

1

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2

cup [120 ml] safflower oil

1 large yellow onion, finely chopped

1 large green bell pepper, seeded and chopped

3 celery stalks, thinly sliced

7 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced

1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning

5 cups [1.2 L] chicken or vegetable broth

(see page 17)

3 cups [540 g] frozen or homemade black-eyed peas

(see page 19)

12 oz [340 g] smoked turkey or pork sausage links, cut into bite-size pieces