Recipes

Chickbo Sandwich

Ingredients:

4-6 oz.                                    Chicken breast

2 lb.                                         jumbo shrimp

1 lb.                                         andouille sausage (sliced on the bias) Or 8 hotlinks

2 cups                                     fresh crabmeat (or canned, drained)

4 loaves                                  julienne bell pepper

1 whole                                   diced celery stalk

2                                              sliced tomato

1                                  sliced onion

4 cloves                                  garlic (minced)

½ cup                                      mayonnaise

1 tablespoon                          creole mustard

2 tablespoon                          gumbo file

½ teaspoon                            cayenne pepper

Lawry’s Seasoning Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

 

Roux (recipe follows)

 

Directions:

Season chicken with seasoning salt and pepper.  Dredge in flour.  Shake off excess.  In large skillet sauté chicken breast until tender.  Remove chicken and set aside.  Add celery, garlic, onion and bell pepper to skillet.  Cook until tender.  Remove and set aside.  Slice hotlinks in four strips.  Peel and devein shrimp.  In skillet add ¼ cup olive oil.  Place hotlink strips in skillet until brown.  Add shrimp and cook for approximately 2 minutes.  Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of gumbo File.  Remove from heat.

In medium bowl combine mayonnaise, mustard, crabmeat, chicken, Roux, and cayenne pepper.  Slice bread in two with the bottom halves thicker than the top.  Remove some of the insides from the bottom halves leaving a cavity to be filled.  Butter each half and grill until golden brown.  Fill bottom halves with chicken and crabmeat mixture.  Top with hotlinks or andouille and shrimp mixture.  Garnish with tomatoes and sliced onions.  Sprinkle with remaining gumbo file.

 

Makes 4 sandwiches

Serve with potato salad or fresh hannibal coleslaw


Roux

1 part oil with one part flour.  Cook to desire color (preferably black).

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