Cheater Gumbo
This started out as a clean-out-the-cupboard-and-fridge soup and ended as the world’s easiest (not to mention healthier) gumbo. The split peas (which I never really liked before) magically create the thickness, color, and flavor you traditionally get from roux, sautéed peppers, and celery, gumbo file powder, and rice - without including any of them. This tastes even better the next day, as the peas continue to collapse and thicken the broth.
INGRIDIENT
DIRECTION
Step: 1
Heat oil in a 4-quart Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and salt; cook, stirring, until softened but not browned, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high. Add sausage and cook, stirring, until browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
Step: 2
Stir chicken broth, split peas, and bay leaves into the Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until split peas are tender and beginning to collapse, 25 to 30 minutes. Stir in zucchini and simmer until tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves before serving.
NUTRITION FACT
Per Serving: 300 calories; protein 15.5g; carbohydrates 23.5g; fat 16.4g; cholesterol 30.1mg; sodium 556.5mg.
The name of “stew” can refer to 2 time a food and a cooking method. Stewing involves not fast cooking piece of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull liquid . It’s same as to braising, instead it does have a few notable differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces but of being cooked all of it , and the water based material completely covers the essential in a stew as different to a braise’s halfway all of it . When meat or raw fruit are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.
Stew has a reputation for being a rib-sticking meal that warms you up on a freezing , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew does have warming properties , but stew’s cozy factor more than a way beyond protecting you from the chill . It’s all about those soft and chunks of meat and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The way they come together make the ultimate comfort food, no matter the weather.
