Country-style Gumbo (pressure Cooker)
Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 8
- 3 quick frozen chicken breasts
- 12 inches polish sausage or 2 kielbasa, sliced into coins
- 1 large onion, diced
- 3 carrots, diced
- 1 cup dry navy beans
- 1 cup dry pinto beans
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 2 ears fresh sweet corn, remove kernels
- 8 cups water
- 3 tablespoons chopped garlic (2 cloves if using fresh)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper
- spices
Recipe
- 1 cut kernels from corn.
- 2 place beans, sausage, frozen chicken, onions, carrots, corn cobs, water and olive oil in pressure cooker (keep kernels, bouillon, garlic and spices to add after cooking).
- 3 cover pressure cooker and bring to full pressure.
- 4 cook 20 minutes on full pressure.
- 5 after this time, turn heat off and let the pressure cooker cool down on it's own for another 15 minutes.
- 6 then, slowly release steam or put pot in cold water until it is safe to remove the lid.
- 7 once open, remove cobs and chicken breasts.
- 8 throw cobs away and pull apart the chicken into bite-sized chunks with a fork.
- 9 return chicken to pot.
- 10 add remaining ingredients and bring the pot to a boil.
- 11 spice to taste with cracked pepper, red pepper flakes and a pinch of oregano-- or whatever you prefer.
- 12 the soup is best left simple.
- 13 a few dashes of cavender's greek seasoning is a good finishing touch.
- 14 remember that the bouillon cubes will be salty, so do not add additional salt until they are fully dissolved.
- 15 let the gumbo reduce until sauce is semi-thick, corn will stay sweet and crunchy.
- 16 it will become thicker when cooled.
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