Slow-Cooker Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2017

This New Orleans stew can take all day. That’s fine with us—as long as the slow cooker does the work.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 4 to 5 hours on low

Slow-Cooker Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The key to a truly remarkable gumbo is a dark roux: flour toasted in hot oil until it’s the color of a copper penny. So how could we make a gumbo in a slow cooker if it doesn’t get hot enough to make the roux? By starting on the stovetop. W...

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