American recipe for 6 people, takes only 45 mins; recipe has olive oil, chicken breast, onion, celery, bay leaf, plain flour, spice, chicken stock, green pepper, ham, spring onion and parsley.
Cajun chicken gumbo
Course: American
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Chicken Breast: 5 skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunky pieces
- Olive Oil: 4 tbsp olive oil
- Onion: 1 onion, chopped
- Spice: 4 tsp Cajun spice mix (or 1 each paprika, ground cumin, ground chilli and dried basil)
- Spring Onion: 3 spring onions, sliced
- Parsley: 2 tbsp very roughly chopped parsley
- Bay Leaf: 3 bay leaves
- Chicken Stock: 600ml chicken stock (made with 2 stock cubes)
- Ham: 300g thickly sliced ham, trimmed of any fat and diced
- Celery: 2 celery sticks, sliced
- Plain Flour: 5 tbsp plain flour
- Green Pepper: 2 green peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks
Directions
- Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a wide casserole or big frying pan and fry the chicken for a few mins to brown. Tip out onto a plate. Add the onion to the pan with 1 tbsp more oil and fry for 5 mins until almost softened. Add the celery and fry for another 2 mins, then tip out to join the chicken. Add the remaining oil, bay leaves and flour to the pan and cook into a paste. Carry on cooking, stirring constantly (with a splash of water if you need), until golden brown, then stir in the spices for 2 mins.
- Gradually stir in the stock until smooth and saucy. Return the chicken and veg to the pan, along with the peppers, cover and simmer gently for 15 mins. Stir in the ham, cover and simmer gently for 10 mins more. Check for seasoning, then serve, sprinkled with the spring onions mixed with the chopped parsley.
