on May 15, 2013, Updated Sep 05, 2023 46 Comments This easy recipe makes a delicious, flavorful, and amazing gumbo recipe. While not a classic gumbo recipe, it is always a crowd-favorite recipe.
How to Make Easy Gumbo Recipe
Ingredients
Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full listing of ingredients, instructions, notes, and estimated nutritional information. For this recipe, you’ll need a whole chicken, butter, onion, celery, bell pepper, okra, garlic, smoked sausage, smoked ham, diced tomatoes, diced tomatoes with peppers, navy beans, Ole Bay seasoning, bay leaves, chicken stock, raw shrimp, and cooked white rice.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Place the chicken into a large Dutch oven. Cover with water plus about 2 inches. Bring to a boil over medium heat and simmer for about 2 hours. Remove chicken from water and set aside to cool. Add butter, onion, celery, bell pepper, okra, and garlic to chicken stock. Pull the chicken from the bone and add back to the stock. Add in the sliced Polish sausage, and ham. Cook for about 10 minutes to allow all the juices to be incorporated. Pour in diced tomatoes and diced tomatoes with peppers. Smash Navy beans with a fork while in the can and then pour them into the Dutch oven along with Ole Bay seasoning and bay leaves. Bring to a boil and stir in additional chicken stock. Cook for 10-15 minutes and then stir in shrimp. Cook until shrimp has turned pink, about 5 more minutes. Remove bay leaves from the Dutch oven and Dutch oven from the heat. Serve over rice (optional) or by itself.
Recipe Variations
Shorten the cooking time. I’ve included cooking the whole chicken for this recipe. That causes the recipe cooking time to be over 2 hours. However, don’t shy away from this recipe because of that. To make this recipe more quickly, switch out rotisserie chicken and take a look at the notes section of the recipe card for the changes in how to prepare it. It takes this recipe from the two-plus hours down to about 30 minutes! You may also want to try my quick shrimp and sausage gumbo recipe. It is delicious, too! Here’s our Gumbo recipe. I can’t wait to hear how you like it. Enjoy!Robyn xo
