Sausage Gumbo

This is a fresh, bright, garlicky sausage gumbo that is great for leftovers. As you can see from the ingredient list, it’s not heavily spiced, which I think allows the other ingredients stand on their own.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 c. butter
  • 3 Tbsp. flour
  • 1/2 white onion
  • 1 bundle green onions
  • 1/2 red bell pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 c. celery (2 stalks)
  • 1/2 c. fresh parsley
  • 3 Tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 (14.75 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  • 1 lb andouille sausage
  • 1/4 tsp hot sauce
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions

  1. Dice the onion, green onions (both white and green parts), red bell pepper, and celery. All into a medium bowl and set aside
  2. In a large saucepan, heat butter until melted but not browned.
  3. Add diced vegetables to the butter and sauté for about 10 minutes
  4. While the vegetables cook; Cut up the sausage. You could slice it in rounds, but I like to julienne the sausage into 1-2 inch strips.
  5. Add the flour to the vegetables and stir to combine.
  6. Stir in the tomato paste, diced tomatoes, chopped sausage, chopped fresh parsley, hot sauce and cayenne. Stir to combine.
  7. Simmer for 10 more minutes or until mixture thickens slightly.
  8. Serve with white rice