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Mama Don't Allow
​​by Thacher Hurd

When Miles gets a saxophone for his birthday and starts playing jazz around town with his friends, they find their most appreciative audience in the thick of the swamp. The sharp-toothed, long-tailed, yellow-eyed alligators love their Swamp Band music and invite Miles and his band to play at the Alligator Ball.

​Party with the Swamp Band and eat some Jazz Chicken Sausage Gumbo.

Cook

Jazz Chicken Sausage Gumbo

Complexity: Many ingredients, chopping, and lots of prep.
Time: 30 minutes prep plus 2 hours cooking.

Ingredients

  • 3 large boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 pound smoked sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 5 tablespoons margarine
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 8 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 3 stalks celery chopped
  • 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 bunch flat leaf parsley, stems and leaves, coarsely chopped, plus chopped leaves for garnish
  • 4 cups hot water
  • 5 beef bouillon cubes
  • 1 (14-ounce can) stewed tomatoes with juice
  • 2 cups frozen sliced okra
  • 4 green onions, sliced, white and green parts
  • 1/2 pound small shrimp, peeled, deveined and cooked

Directions

  1. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven over medium-high heat. 
  2. Cook the chicken until browned on both sides and remove. Add the sausage and cook until browned, then remove. 
  3. Sprinkle the flour over the oil, add 2 tablespoons of margarine and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until brown, about 10 minutes. Let the roux cool.
  4. Return the Dutch oven to low heat and melt the remaining 3 tablespoons margarine. Add the onion, garlic, green pepper and celery and cook for 10 minutes. 
  5. Add Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, to taste and the 1/4 bunch parsley. Cook, while stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. Add 4 cups hot water and bouillon cubes, whisking constantly. Add the chicken and sausage. 
  6. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes. 
  7. Add tomatoes and okra. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Add the green onions, shrimp and chopped parsley when serving.

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