Crock Pot Chicken And Sausage Gumbo With Shrimp

Total Time: 9 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cooking oil
• 3 cups water
• 12 ounces smoked sausage, sliced & browned
• 1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken
• 2 cups sliced okra or 1 (10 ounce) package frozen whole okra, partially thawed and cut into 1/2 inch slices
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped green sweet pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (12 ounce) package frozen shelled deveined cooked medium shrimp, rinsed
• 3 cups hot cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 for the roux, in a heavy 2-quart saucepan stir together the flour and oil until smooth.
• 2 cook over medium-high heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 3 reduce heat to medium.
• 4 cook and stir constantly about 15 minutes more or until a dark, reddish-brown roux forms.
• 5 cool.
• 6 in a 5-quart crockery cooker place water.
• 7 stir in roux.
• 8 add sausage, chicken, okra, onion, sweet pepper, celery, garlic, salt, pepper, can tomatoes, and ground red pepper.
• 9 cover; cook on low-heat setting for 6 to 7 hours then add shrimp for 20 minutes.
• 10 skim off fat.
• 11 serve over the hot cooked rice.