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Tiana's Chicken, Sausage, and Shrimp Gumbo Recipe

Modified: Sep 12, 2024 · Published: Jul 13, 2021 by Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

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Chicken Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo Recipe: inspired by Disney Princess Tiana in The Princess and The Frog this gumbo is easy and delicious.

Chicken sausage and shrimp gumbo in a cast-iron pot.
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  • Tiana's Gumbo From The Princess and The Frog
  • Where Does Gumbo Come From?
  • Finding The Ingredients
  • Making The Roux
  • What To Serve The Gumbo With
  • How Spicy Is It?
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Tiana's Gumbo From The Princess and The Frog

We were inspired by Tiana from The Princess and The Frog to make chicken sausage and shrimp gumbo! It's so delicious and a great taste of New Orleans.  This one was pretty quick and easy to bring together and so delicious.  All the spices make it full of flavour, rich and delicious.

We had our gumbo as part of a special Disney Princess Dinner and Movie Night.  We were inspired by the animated movie, and wanted to make our own swamp gumbo. You can read all about our The Princess and the Frog party here.  We had so much fun making the food from the film, and enjoying it together as we watched the movie.  We were transported to Tiana's palace in the Disneyland resort, or maybe to the New Orleans square.  

how to make the gumbo from The Princess and The Frog Movie

But this gumbo isn't just for movie night.  We love this hearty stew, and we can't wait to make it again and again.

easy chicken sausage shrimp gumbo

Where Does Gumbo Come From?

Gumbo has its origins in southern Louisiana.  Rooted in the cooking of black people enslaved from Africa, and based on a West African word for okra, the soup traditionally has okra pods in it as a thickening agent.  Loved by the Cajuns and Creole, they both make it slightly differently, and season it slightly differently.  Along with okra it often includes chicken, cajun style andouille sausage, seafood, and creole seasoning.  It's one of the beloved foods of the bayou regions.

easy gumbo recipe

Finding The Ingredients

We had trouble finding spicy or mild andouille sausage and substituted it with kielbasa sausage, which was delicious. So don't let not being able to find authentic andouille stop you from trying this dish.  The sliced okra was easy to find in the freezer section of the grocery store.  And the cajun spice was readily available in the spice section.  

chicken sausage shrimp gumbo

Making The Roux

The hardest part about making gumbo is making a roux.  A roux is a mixture of butter and flour that you cook at the beginning of the gumbo.  The roux is the thickening agent in the soup, and really important to the dish.  Things can go wrong if the roux is undercooked. You're looking for a nice dark roux, that will add nuttiness and richness to the soup, and not leave a floury taste.  But, it's easy to take a dark brown color roux too far and burn it.  You will want to take it to the colour of milk chocolate or a dark amber-brown.  Once you get the roux made, the rest is pretty easy to put together.

Princess Tiana's gumbo

What To Serve The Gumbo With

This soup is a thick mixture, but not as thick as a stew.  It's often paired with rice, and crusty French baguette.  The bread is perfect for soaking up the rich spicy cajun gumbo broth.  Make simple white rice as well and serve the soup over it for the perfect combination.

How Spicy Is It?

New Orleans food is traditionally full of spice.  There is a richness and layers of flavour that the combination of spices give to this dish.  If you don't love hot food, you might want to cut back on the cayenne pepper in the dish.  Also if you're serving this dish to kids as part of a movie night, you also might want to use less cayenne pepper.  Serving the gumbo with rice or bread helps mellow the dish a little too. We didn't add tabasco sauce to ours, like Tiana did in the film, but if you like it hotter, feel free to add some in to yours.  Adding your own hot sauce at the end is a good way to go.  Make one large pot of not too spicy gumbo, and allow the spice lovers to add their own to their own bowl of gumbo.

Recipe

Chicken sausage and shrimp gumbo in a cast-iron pot.

Chicken, Sausage, and Shrimp Gumbo Recipe

New Orleans inspired chicken, sausage and shrimp gumbo with okra and peppers.
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Course: Main
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 8 Servings
Calories: 562kcal
Author: Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup butter
  • 4 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 yellow pepper
  • 2 stalks of celery
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or less for a less spicy version
  • 1 teaspoon ground mustard
  • 1 ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 3 large boneless skinless chicken breast
  • 500 grams smoked andouille sausage or substitute kielbasa sausage
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 bayleaf
  • 1 cup frozen okra
  • 250 grams peeled deveined shrimp

Instructions

  • Begin by chopping the onion, peppers, and celery. Set aside. Cut the sausage into slices, and then in half again. Cut the chicken into bite size chicken pieces.
  • To make the roux, melt the butter in a large dutch oven or cooking pot over a medium-high heat. Whisk in the flour, and continue whisking as it cooks to prevent it from burning. Cook for about 4 minutes, until the roux turns a golden brown, similar to milk chocolate, and smells nutty.
  • Stir the chopped onions, peppers, and celery into the roux, and cook until the vegetables begin to soften and onions become transparent
  • Next add the minced garlic, cayenne pepper, ground mustard, paprika, garlic powder, cajun seasoning, salt and pepper. Cook for a minute and continue stirring.
  • The next step is to add in the chopped chicken, and stir occasionally until the chicken is browned.
  • Next add the sausage, chicken broth, and bay leaf to the pot. Scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Bring the soup to a boil, and cook about 10 minutes over medium heat.
  • Lastly add the shrimp and okra to the creole gumbo. Bring back to the boil and cook until the shrimp turns pink and is fully cooked. Serve with rice and french bread.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 562kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 21g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 194mg | Sodium: 2278mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g
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  1. Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist says

    October 23, 2024 at 12:29 pm

    5 stars
    This gumbo is full of delicious shrimp, sausage, and shrimp. The perfect spicy hearty dish.

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