This was great! I added a traditional roux and used diced tomatoes with garlic and onions. Very tasty!!! You can also add andouille sausage.
This was great! I added a traditional roux and used diced tomatoes with garlic and onions. Very tasty!!! You can also add andouille sausage.
Great recipe! I left out the celery and used 2 red bell peppers rather than the green just due to family preferences. I also used cubed chicken breast rather than thighs. The flavor was absolutely wonderful definitely a hit! I used the Simple Cajun Seasoning recipe from this site since it's not a seasoning I generally keep on hand. Like a previous reviewer I also used Reynold's Slow Cooker Liners when making this recipe- they definitely saved me time on clean up!
Really great flavor here! Though not a traditional gumbo (no roux) this is a very easy recipe to prepare. I followed the recipe exactly and DH and DS had seconds. I reserved some for lunch or they would have cleaned the pot. I like the taste of okra and I will add some next time with about half a package of andouille. There are so many veggies in this the only side needed is some crusty bread to catch every drop of the delicious broth!
Really delicious for such an easy slow cooker recipe! I added some smoked sausage to this which really came through in the final overall flavor. I also found the consistency to be too thin so I added some roux. YUM. This was not spicy at all so next time Ill either add more cayenne or serve with some hot sauce. A great hearty and healthy meal! The slow cooker liners are a real time saver too!
Very easy and flavorful. I added sausage and mushroom substituted ROTEL for the stewed tomatoes cooked the rice in the slow cooker about 30 min prior to adding the shrimp which absorbed some of the liquid making it less soupy. We had thirds... could not stop eating.
I've never had gumbo before so I can't judge how authentic this is. Having said that we loved this. We served it over the rice and had slices of fresh baked bread as a side. Delicious meal and super simple! I changed two things: #1 omitted the cayenne. My husband can't handle spicy. #2 put 2lbs skinless bone-in whole chicken thighs instead of 1lb chopped boneless skinless. (I figured the bone made them twice as heavy so I doubled it.) We had to remove the bones after it was done cooking shredding the chicken in the process. I don't think this made a difference taste-wise just ease-wise. Shredding already slow-cooked chicken is way easier (and cleaner) than chopping raw chicken.
Delicious! I like it when my lips buzz a little but if you don't like spicy make sure you cut down on the cayenne and Cajun spice. I made it to share with a friend who used to live in New Orleans but ended up eating the whole batch by myself:(
5-20-16 I wish there was something I could do to rid myself of my distaste for dark meat. There are so many recipes that call for it but I just can t do it. Here too I used chicken breasts instead of the chicken thighs called for. And I was happy. I didn t add the cayenne because I don t like heat in my food and I m glad I chose not to. Between the Cajun seasoning I used and the Cajun andouille sausage I threw in it was really quite hot enough thank you very much. I also added some frozen okra something fairly new to me and I enjoyed it (FYI the frozen was infinitely better looking than the fresh ). I m not sure this was as good prepared in a Crock Pot as it would be in the conventional manner but it sure was good enough! Note: I also didn t use the slow cooker liner and the pot cleaned up quite nicely and with little effort without it.
This was a delicious and easy weeknight gumbo. Took me about 15 minutes to throw together. A few enhancements I used two cans of tomatoes with okra and one stewed added sliced andouille chicken sausage and used a couple of teaspoons of file gumbo. Enjoyed this recipe! Thanks for sharing Reynolds.
Totally without taste. I even added shrimp and NZ mussels.
