Slow Cooker Crawfish Gumbo Recipes

SLOW COOKER SPICY GUMBO

Steps:

• Finely dice carrots, celery, bell pepper, onion and garlic (or dice using a chopper)
• Melt butter is skillet or mult-cooker over medium high heat and then add veggies and sauté until softened, about 3-5 minutes
• Chop sausage and add to slow cooker along with broth and cooked veggies (amount of broth to add depends on how hearty you want the soup)
• Add seasoning and cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours or low for 4-6
• Add shrimp and cream and return slow cooker to high heat until shrimp cooked through, around 10 minutes or so
• Serve over cooked rice or as desired

SLOW-COOKER GUMBO

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Heat 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Drizzle with olive oil, and add sausage. Cook about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage lightly browns; spoon into slow cooker. In same skillet, add onion, bell pepper and celery. Cook until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally; add to slow cooker. In same skillet, add chopped chicken. Cook until no longer pink, stirring occasionally; add to slow cooker. Add okra to slow cooker.
• In heavy or cast-iron skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-low heat. Using whisk, beat in flour; add Cajun seasoning and thyme. Continue to beat and cook 15 to 20 minutes, making roux that is brown and smells very nutty. Add beef stock, and beat well with whisk. Heat to boiling, beating constantly. Cook until thickened; add to slow cooker.
• Add diced tomatoes to slow cooker; stir well. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 hours.
• Serve gumbo with rice. Garnish with green onions before serving.

SLOW COOKER CRAWFISH GUMBO

Steps:

• Place all items up to and including the tomatoes into a large crock pot set on high. Cover and cook for 4 hours. Add crawfish and shrimp and cook for another 30-45 minutes. Mix cornstarch with a little water and add to gumbo to thicken. Cooking can be slowed down with the crock pot set on low.
• Serve alone or over rice.
• NOTE: I try to cook very low sodium, so you may want to add more salt or Old Bay to taste.