Andouille And Chicken Gumbo With Black Eyed Peas And Greens Recipes

BLACK-EYED PEA GUMBO

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, and cook the onion, pepper, and celery until tender. Pour in the chicken broth, and mix in rice, black-eyed peas with liquid, diced tomatoes and green chiles, diced tomatoes, and garlic. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 45 minutes, or until rice is tender. Add water if soup is too thick.

ANDOUILLE AND CHICKEN GUMBO WITH BLACK-EYED PEAS AND GREENS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, paprika and cayenne pepper.
• Sprinkle seasoning mixture evenly over chicken pieces.
• In a Dutch oven, heat ¼ cup olive oil over medium heat and sauté sausage slices on both side; remove sausage and repeat with chicken, browning evenly on all sides; remove and set aside.
• In the same Dutch oven, on medium heat, add remaining olive oil. Slowly add flour, stirring constantly for 12-15 minutes or until the roux is golden brown in color.
• Reduce heat to low; add onions and stir occasionally for 3 minutes.
• Add green onions, celery, garlic and green pepper. Continue to cook and stir for 3 minutes.
• Add red bell pepper and cook 3 minutes longer. Gradually stir in broth.
• Add bay leaf, thyme, reserved sausage and chicken and bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add black-eyed peas, greens and okra and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; add gumbo file', cover and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
• Serve over hot rice.

BLACK-EYED PEA, PORK, AND MUSTARD GREEN GUMBO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Season pork cubes with salt, pepper, and thyme to taste and place in a cast iron skillet.
• Cook pork cubes in the preheated oven until cooked through, about 30 minutes. Transfer pork from skillet to a bowl, reserving drippings.
• Cook and stir bacon in a 9-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel-lined plate, reserving bacon grease.
• Cook and stir okra in the bacon grease over medium heat until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer okra to a bowl, reserving bacon grease. Cook and stir smoked sausage in bacon grease until browned, about 5 minutes. Add onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic to sausage; cook and stir until softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Stir 48 fluid ounces chicken stock into sausage mixture and bring to a simmer. Stir roux into broth mixture until dissolved and slightly thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly stir 48 fluid ounces chicken stock into thickened stock; bring back to a simmer.
• Mix pork, pork drippings, bacon, chili powder, paprika, 2 teaspoons black pepper, file powder, rosemary, 1 teaspoon thyme, bay leaves, and Creole seasoning into thickened chicken stock; simmer, stirring often and skimming off fat, until flavors blend, about 1 hour.
• Stir black-eyed peas, mustard greens, okra, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, mushrooms, and remaining chicken stock into pork-stock mixture; simmer for 1 hour more.