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Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo

February 23, 2012

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Looking for an easy and authentic gumbo recipe? This Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo is a family tradition and uses leftover Thanksgiving turkey or smoked turkey from our favorite local barbecue spot! 

Looking for an easy and authentic gumbo recipe? This Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo is a family tradition and uses leftover Thanksgiving turkey or smoked turkey from our favorite local barbecue spot! We also make this Cajun style soup for various holiday dinners, including Christmas and Mardi Gras!

Gumbo, a hearty rustic soup usually served over rice, is a very popular dish in Louisiana. Growing up we enjoyed it for many family gatherings and holiday dinner parties. 

To this day, I still think my Grandmother makes the best seafood gumbo in all the land, but my Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo that I am sharing below, can hold its own and has become quite the family tradition.

Looking for an easy and authentic gumbo recipe? This Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo is a family tradition and uses leftover Thanksgiving turkey or smoked turkey from our favorite local barbecue spot! We also make this Cajun style soup for various holiday dinners, including Christmas and Mardi Gras!

I make this gumbo at least three to four times a year using leftover Smoked Turkey from our holiday dinners that I stock my freezer with. I always use leftover smoked turkey from Thanksgiving or Christmas, because we always have a ton, but it also gives this gumbo a rich, hearty flavor, that you can’t achieve from the roux on it’s own or by using traditional leftover turkey.

If you don’t have leftover smoked turkey from the holidays, you could also use smoked turkey or smoked chicken from your local barbecue joint or grocery store hot deli. 

This year I’ll be making this Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo for Mardi Gras, since it is such a hearty dinner recipe, and the perfect dish to indulge with on Fat Tuesday! If you celebrate Mardi Gras, what are your favorite New Orleans foods? Please share in the comments below!

Looking for an easy and authentic gumbo recipe? This Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo is a family tradition and uses leftover Thanksgiving turkey or smoked turkey from our favorite local barbecue spot! We also make this Cajun style soup for various holiday dinners, including Christmas and Mardi Gras!

Helpful Tips and Information: 

Serving Suggestion: I usually serve this as directed, with hot cooked rice, but some people also like to eat their gumbo with saltine crackers. Since this is a very hearty meal, I’ll normally pair it with a side salad, like this Pear and Pomegranate Salad or Kale Caesar Salad. 

Cooking Tip: The key to gumbo is a dark, almost chocolate looking roux. This is achieved by cooking the flour and oil/butter mixture low and slow for a solid 8-10 minutes while whisking constantly.

Then if I’m making this gumbo using leftover turkey from Thanksgiving or Christmas, I’ll make my own homemade smoked turkey stock, using this tutorial. If I don’t have the turkey carcass to make homemade stock, I’ll use store bought chicken stock.

And while the directions say to simmer the gumbo for 60-90 minutes, my Grandmother taught me you should really let your gumbo simmer for many hours or all day, to achieve the best flavor. So if you have the time, I highly suggest letting your gumbo cook for as long as you can.

If you like this Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo recipe, then you’ll love these other Cajun recipes:
Bananas Foster with Spiced Ice Cream
King Cake Bubble Up
Classic Red Beans and Rice
Crawfish and Corn Bisque

Southern Oven Baked Catfish 

Looking for an easy and authentic gumbo recipe? This Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo is a family tradition and uses leftover Thanksgiving turkey or smoked turkey from our favorite local barbecue spot! We also make this Cajun style soup for various holiday dinners, including Christmas and Mardi Gras!

This recipe and blog post was updated February 2018.

Looking for an easy and authentic gumbo recipe? This Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo is a family tradition and uses leftover Thanksgiving turkey or smoked turkey from our favorite local barbecue spot! We also make this Cajun style soup for various holiday dinners, including Christmas and Mardi Gras!
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Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 50 mins
 
Course: Main, Main Course
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons canola or corn oil, divided
  • 1 (12-ounce) package andouille sausage, sliced
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 large yellow onion, diced
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
  • 3 ribs celery, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 6 cups smoked turkey stock*
  • 1/2 teaspoon each Kosher salt and black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon creaole seasoning
  • 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3 cups chopped smoked turkey
  • For Serving:
  • ½ tablespoon gumbo filé powder
  • ¼ cup chopped parsley
  • ¼ cup chopped green onion tops
  • 2 cups hot cooked rice
Instructions
  1. Heat ½ tablespoon oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add sliced sausage and cook for 4-5 minutes or until crispy. Transfer sausage to a paper towel lined plate and set aside.

  2. In same pot, heat remaining oil and butter over medium-high heat, until melted. Whisk in flour, to form a roux, and continue to stir constantly with a whisk or wooden spoon until roux turns a deep, chocolate brown color, about 10-15 minutes.

  3. Once roux has reached desired shade, stir in onions, bell pepper and celery. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes, or until the vegetables release their steam. 

  4. In crease heat to high and push vegetables to the side of the pan. Whisking constantly, stir in the turkey broth, to deglaze the pan. Continue whisking until all the flour is dissolved and the brown bits come off the bottom of the pan; about 3-5 minutes.

  5. Add salt, pepper, creole seasoning, cayenne, bay leaves, turkey and reserved sausage to the pot. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 60-90 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. 

  6. Skim off any fat that rises to the surface of the gumbo. Adjust seasonings and thin out with more stock if necessary. 

  7. To serve, place mound of rice in bottom of bowl, ladle gumbo over and top with chopped parsley, green onions and 1/2 teaspoon filé powder, if desired. 

Recipe Notes

*Make your own smoked turkey stock using this tutorial and a smoked turkey carcass. 

Low sodium chicken stock may also be used if you don't have turkey broth. 

Looking for an easy and authentic gumbo recipe? This Smoked Turkey and Sausage Gumbo is a family tradition and uses leftover Thanksgiving turkey or smoked turkey from our favorite local barbecue spot! We also make this Cajun style soup for various holiday dinners, including Christmas and Mardi Gras!

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Filed Under: Holiday- Christmas, Holiday- Mardi Gras, Holiday- Thanksgiving, Kitchen Concoctions Original Recipe, Main Dish- Pork, Main Dish- Turkey, soup/stew/chili
Tagged With: andouille sausage, Cajun, Christmas, gumbo recipe, Kitchen Concoctions, Mardi Gras, recipe, sausage, soup, soup recipe, Thanksgiving, turkey, turkey recipe

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Comments

  1. Deborah says

    February 26, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    I love hearing about family traditions, and I especially love seeing recipes with history behind them!

  2. Heather of Kitchen Concoctions says

    November 3, 2012 at 1:14 am

    This recipe is being linked up to Taste and Tell's Turkey link up party. Share your favorite turkey recipe and you are entered to win a $100 Amazon gift card! bit.ly/SAeQL8

  3. Deborah says

    November 3, 2012 at 2:53 am

    I actually remembered this post when I clicked over to it! I'm loving the smoked turkey, and wish we were planning one for Thanksgiving this year. I guess it's not too late… 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up to Taste and Tell Thursdays!


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