A hearty dinner ready in 30 minutes! Enjoy this delicious chicken gumbo soup that’s perfect for Creole cuisine.
More About This Recipe
- Gumbo is incredibly popular in the state of Louisiana—it is the state’s official dish, after all! Gumbo is usually characterized as a soup or stew that features a few key ingredients: okra, a protein like meat or shellfish, vegetables, and a roux. Some people confuse gumbo with jambalaya, but they’re not the same! Jambalaya is often compared to Spanish paella. It’s primarily a rice dish that’s made with different meats and/or shellfish and vegetables, but unlike gumbo, it’s not made with okra and is not stew-like. Now that you know the gumbo basics, it’s time to try this delicious chicken gumbo recipe. And once you’ve tried that, check out all of our other yummy chicken soup recipes, and our favorite ways to dress them up.
Creole Chicken Gumbo Soup
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Ingredients 14
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
- 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup water
- 1 (14 1/2-oz.) can ready-to-serve chicken broth
- 1 (14.5-oz.) can no-salt-added whole tomatoes, undrained, cut up
- 1 (10-oz.) pkg. frozen cut okra
- 1 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 1/4 cup uncooked regular long-grain white rice
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 to 8 drops hot pepper sauce
Instructions
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Step1In large nonstick saucepan, melt margarine over medium heat. Add bell pepper, onion, garlic and flour; cook and stir until flour is light golden brown.
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Step2Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 10 minutes. Uncover; cook an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until okra is tender, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf.
Nutrition
180
Calories
7g
Total Fat
14g
Protein
16g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cup
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 280mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 16g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 14g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 30%
- 30%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 2 Vegetable; 1 Fat;Tips from the
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