Name: Sausage Gumbo
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: ½ cup [70 g] all-purpose flour; ½ cup [120 ml] safflower oil; 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped; 3 celery stalks, thinly sliced; 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and chopped; 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar; 12 oz [340 g] smoked turkey or pork sausage links, cut into bite-size pieces; 3 cups [540 g] frozen or homemade black-eyed peas; 5 cups [1.2 L] chicken or vegetable broth; 1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning; Hot sauce, for serving; Sea salt; 2 tsp filé powder; Freshly ground black pepper; 7 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 2 cups [230 g] frozen sliced okra

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Easy Soups from Scratch with Quick Breads to Match

By Ivy Manning

Published 2017

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I love gumbo, but I don’t love standing in front of a hot pan for 30 minutes, stirring the base flour and oil mixture called “roux.” Fortunately, brown roux can be cooked in as little at 6 minutes in the microwave, just enough time to get the Cajun “holy trinity” of onions, peppers, and celery started in the soup pot.

This soup is super-adaptable. I use smoked turkey sausage, but you can substitute 12 oz [340 g] of peeled and deveined shrimp and add them with the okra. Or make the g