CAJUN STEW
Please read the whole recipe first. Prep all
ingredients first before cooking. It is easier than it looks and fun to make.
Great for a party of 6 people!
Yes it does take a while to cook; prep 30 minutes and 1 ½
hour to cook, but well worth it.
1 large onion, cubed
1 red bell pepper, cubed
1 cup celery, cubed
2 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 bay leaf
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 can 29 ounce roasted crushed tomatoes, undrained
3 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons LD’s Cajun Spices
1 pound kielbasa, sausage cut into bite size pieces
2 chicken breasts cut into bite size pieces
1 pound ground hamburger meat
1 pound frozen sliced okra, thawed and rinsed
3 green onions, chopped
*In a large pot add oil and butter on medium heat, add
flour and make a roux until golden brown to chocolate colored (20 to 25
minutes). Stirring constantly!!
*In a skillet brown hamburger meat, when brown stir in
onion, bell pepper and celery. Add 1 tbl Cajun Spice and cook until vegetables
are tender.
*Add garlic and bay leaf to brown roux, stirring
*Add can of crushed tomatoes and chicken broth and 1 tbl
Cajun Spice
*Add hamburger mixture to the roux, tomato and chicken
broth
*In same skillet add the cut chicken breast to medium
heat to brown the sides. Add 1 tbl Cajun Spice to chicken.
*Once brown add chicken and the cut sausage to stew
mixture. Stir and reduce stew to low heat and cover.
*Cook for 30 minutes covered, checking to make sure it does
not stick to bottom of pan and stir.
*Add thawed and rinsed off okra to stew.
*Cook for 20 minutes on low with lid on, then reduce heat
to simmer for the next 10 minutes uncover. Stirring occasionally, tasting for
more Cajun Spice or Salt.
*Discard bay leaf and serve stew over rice. (3 cups of
white rice is the best)
**This Cajun Stew can be frozen. Thaw in microwave or
overnight in refrigerator.
**If you fix the roux and brown hamburger meat on stove,
you can place everything in a crock-pot on heat for 3 hours stirring every
hour. To me it tastes different, but
still good.
