Crockpot Chicken, Sausage & Shrimp Gumbo

• 1-16 oz. package Kielbasa or Smoked Sausage, sliced in 1/4 inch rounds
• 3 T. butter, divided
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1/2 red or green pepper, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1-9 or 10 oz. package frozen sliced okra, thawed
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups hot chicken broth
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 1/2cups chopped cooked chicken (I use the deli-roasted chicken)
• 1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1/2teaspoon salt
• 1/2teaspon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 12 oz. peeled and deveined raw shrimp
• 3 cups cooked hot rice

1. Step One: Brown the kielbasa in a heavy saucepan and add to crockpot.
2. Step Two: Add 1 T. butter to keilbasa drippings and saute onion, red pepper, celery and garlic to tender. Place in crockpot.
3. Step Three: In a separate saucepan, saute thawed okra in 2 T. Butter until ropiness starts to disappear, about 10-15 minutes and add to crockpot.
4. Step Four: Roux
5. 1/3 cup vegetable oil
6. 1/3 cup flour
7. Heat oil over medium heat and then add flour, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low (not on simmer) and continue cooking and stirring for 15 minutes until roux is dark and the color of pecans. Add:
8. 3 cups hot chicken broth
9. 1 cup hot water
10. Mix until smooth and place in crockpot. Add chopped chicken, tomatoes, salt, pepper, red pepper & stir all ingredients. Cook on Low Heat setting for 6-7 hours. Add Shrimp during the last 20 minutes and cook until pink.
11. Serve over hot rice.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/crockpot-chicken-sausage-shrimp-gumbo-1210275 (may not work)