Crock Pot Mungo Gumbo Recipes

SLOW-COOKER GUMBO

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Heat 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Drizzle with olive oil, and add sausage. Cook about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage lightly browns; spoon into slow cooker. In same skillet, add onion, bell pepper and celery. Cook until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally; add to slow cooker. In same skillet, add chopped chicken. Cook until no longer pink, stirring occasionally; add to slow cooker. Add okra to slow cooker.
• In heavy or cast-iron skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-low heat. Using whisk, beat in flour; add Cajun seasoning and thyme. Continue to beat and cook 15 to 20 minutes, making roux that is brown and smells very nutty. Add beef stock, and beat well with whisk. Heat to boiling, beating constantly. Cook until thickened; add to slow cooker.
• Add diced tomatoes to slow cooker; stir well. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 hours.
• Serve gumbo with rice. Garnish with green onions before serving.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN GUMBO WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Line a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with a Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner.
• Add tomatoes, chicken, broth, green pepper, onion, celery, Cajun seasoning, garlic, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to prepared slow cooker. Stir gently with wooden spoon or rubber scraper to combine.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• Remove lid and stir in shrimp gently with a wooden spoon or rubber scraper. Cover and cook about 3 minutes more, or until shrimp is opaque. Serve over cooked rice.

CROCK POT GUMBO

Steps:

• Roux:.
• Fry bacon and set aside on paper towels.
• Reserve 6 tbs. bacon grease.
• In a skillet on low heat, add 4 tbs. of bacon grease, flour and cajun seasoning.
• Brown flour slowly, stirring constantly, until dark copper brown. Be careful not to burn flour.
• Gumbo:.
• Transfer roux to crock pot.
• Lightly saute garlic, onion, celery and green pepper in 2 tbs. of bacon grease and add to crock pot.
• Crumble bacon and add to crock pot.
• Brown chicken, cube and add to crock pot.
• Slice sausage and add to crock pot.
• Add 8 cups of hot water to crock pot and stir until water and roux are blended.
• Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours.
• Just before serving add shrimp to crock pot and cook until shrimp turn pink.
• Serve over cooked rice and sprinkle lightly with file powder.

CROCK POT GUMBO

Steps:

• Put the tomatoes and frozen vegetables in the crock pot on high heat.
• Make a roux by melting the butter and flour in a large skillet and stir constantly until roux is a light caramel color (about 20 minutes) on medium heat - do not burn the roux! Lower heat is better, but will take longer. Add the cooked roux to the crock pot.
• Add the bouillon cubes, water, crushed red pepper and bay leaves.
• Boil the chicken breast in a pot of water on the stove until no pink remains, let cool and then shred the meat by hand and add to the crock pot.
• Add the andouille sausage and let everything cook on high for about 4-5 hours.
• About 45 minutes before you want to eat, add all the seafood to the pot and season to taste with salt, pepper, herbs and your favorite seasoning blend(s). Serve over hot, cooked rice and garnish with chopped green onion. Hot pepper sauce and gumbo file seasoning are optional and should be added to each bowl by the person who will be eating it.

CROCK POT MUNGO GUMBO

Steps:

• Soak your Mung beans overnight in 2 1/2 cups of water, rinse the beans twice before adding to the Gumbo.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet and stir in the flour, stirring constantly over medium heat until the roux is a dark reddish brown.
• Don't let it burn, be patient and keep stirring may take 10 minutes.
• When the roux has that rich brown color stir in the chicken stock, use a whip and keep stirring until you have a nice textured sauce.
• Add the Sage, garlic,& chili.
• Pour the sauce into your crock Pot.
• Add all the remaining ingredients including the uncooked, well rinsed mung beans, stir to mix the ingredients well.
• Turn the crockpot to low, cover with the lid and 6 hours later it is ready.
• Serve with white or Brown rice.