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Wild Idea Buffalo Recipe of the Week – BUFFALO GUMBO

This week’s Wild Idea Buffalo Recipe of the Week is BUFFALO GUMBO. Gumbo is delicious so many ways and using different ingredients, and here’s another using Wild Idea BUFFALO ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE. Also there’s a description of the BUFFALO ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE along with a web link back to the ordering page for the Sausage. You can find this recipe along with all the other delicious and healthy recipes and order any of the Wild Idea Products. Enjoy and Eat Healthy in 2024! https://wildideabuffalo.com/

BUFFALO GUMBO
Author: Jill O’Brien
This southern favorite gets a prairie twist with Wild Idea Buffalo’s 100% grass-fed, Buffalo Andouille Sausage.

Ingredients: (serves 8)
1 – Tb. olive oil
1 – lb. organic chicken, pheasant, or grouse, cut into bite size pieces
1 – cup onion, diced
4 – celery stalks – sliced
1 – green or red pepper – diced
3 – clove garlic – chopped
1 – tsp. black pepper
2 – tsp. salt
2 – tsp. paprika
1 – tsp. oregano
½ – tsp. thyme
½ – tsp. cayenne *optional
2 – Tb. olive oil
¼ – cup flour
2 – quarts organic chicken broth
2 – cups tomatoes, diced with juices
1 – 14 oz. Buffalo Andouille Sausage, cut into 1” slices on the bias
12 – Shrimp, peeled & deveined
½ – lb. Okra, fresh or frozen, sliced *optional lightly brown in butter
¼ – cup chopped parsley

Ingredients:
1.) In heavy soup pot over medium high heat, heat 1 Tb. oil. Add fowl of choice, sauté to slightly brown, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
2.) Add vegetables and stir to incorporate, along with all dry spices and cook until tender and slightly browned. Transpose meat and vegetables from pot to other bowl, cover and set aside.
3.) Return pot to low heat and add additional oil and flour, whisking to incorporate. Increase heat to medium, whisking constantly until roux is dark brown. About 15 minutes.
4.) Add meat, vegetables and any juices that have accumulated in bowl back to kettle, stirring to incorporate.
5.) Add, organic chicken broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat to a low and simmer for 1 hour uncovered, stirring occasionally. *(Optional: Remove from heat, cool & refrigerate. Remove oil from top before reheating. Reheat over med high, bringing to a boil.)
6.) Increase heat to medium. Add tomatoes, and Buffalo Andouille, stir to incorporate and continue cooking for 10 minutes.
7.) Add shrimp and, cook for 5 minutes.
8.) Add Okra and cook until heated through.
9.) Stir in chopped parsley before serving.
To serve, place a medium scoop of sticky sushi rice or brown rice in center of shallow bowl, ladle gumbo around rice and garnish with a parsley sprig. An excellent make ahead and reheat dinner! The flavor just gets better!
An excellent make ahead and reheat dinner! The flavor just gets better!
https://wildideabuffalo.com/blogs/recipes/86982785-buffalo-gumbo

Andouille Sausage
We did our homework and tested recipes until we landed on the perfect one. This sausage is coarse ground, seasoned with traditional Andouille spices, hand-stuffed, and lightly smoked to obtain true Cajun flavor. Great on the grill as a brat or for use in soups, stews and casseroles.

Ingredients: 100% Grass-Fed Buffalo, Water, Free Binder [Modified Potato Starch, Carrot Fiber (Isolated Carrot Product)], Sea Salt, Organic Onion Flake, Organic Minced Garlic, Organic Smoked Paprika, Organic Red Pepper Flakes, Organic Oregano, Cultured Celery Powder, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Parsley, Organic Cayenne Pepper, Enclosed in a Natural Pork Casing
https://wildideabuffalo.com/collections/brats-sausages-hot-dogs/products/14-oz-buffalo-andouille-sausage-14-oz