Easy Gumbo

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 quarts chicken broth
• 1 whole rotisserie-cooked chicken
• 2 stalks celery (chopped)
• 2 carrots (chopped)
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1 tablespoon tabasco sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 dried basil leaves

Recipe

• 1 to make roux: combine flour and vegetable oil in a medium to large saucepan on low heat.
• 2 stirring frequently, allow flour/oil combination cook until medium brown. this could take up to 2 hours.
• 3 while waiting for the roux to cook, pour chicken broth into a large pot and heat to a boil.
• 4 cut or tear all of the meat from the rotisserie chicken into bite size pieces and place it into the boiling chicken broth.
• 5 add celery, carrots, onion, tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, add basil leaves to chicken and broth.
• 6 allow soup mixture to boil for about 1/2 an hour stirring frequently.
• 7 lower heat of soup.
• 8 once roux has reached a brown color, combine the roux with soup to make gumbo!
• 9 bring gumbo to a boil for 10 minutes.
• 10 lower heat.
• 11 serve over rice.