Easy Paleo Chicken Gumbo

(from corimontes’s recipe box)

Source: RecipeThing user mal246

Categories: paleo

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup Bacon Fat/ Coconut oil (or any animal fat)
  • 4 tbsp Tapioca Starch
  • 3 cups Bone Broth or Water
  • 1 1/2 lbs Chicken thigh, skinless and boneless, cut into 1-inch chunks
  • 1 cup White sweet potatoes (1/2 lb), cubed
  • 1 cup Onions, chopped
  • 1 cup Carrots (1/2 lb), coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup Celery, chopped
  • 4 cloves Garlic, finely minced
  • 1 whole Bay leaf
  • 2 tbsp Fresh thyme
  • 1/2 tsp Salt & plack pepper, ground
  • 2 tbsp Hot (or jalapeƱo) pepper (optional)
  • 1 cup Okra (1/2 lb), sliced into 1/2-inch pieces

Directions

  1. Add oil to a large pot and heat pot over medium-high heat.

  2. Stir in the tapioca starch.

  3. Cook, stirring constantly, until tapioca begins to turn a darker color.

  4. Slowly stir in all the broth using a wire whisk and cook for 2 minutes. The mixture should not be lumpy.

  5. Add all ingredients except okra. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.

  6. Add okra and let cook for 15 to 20 more minutes.

  7. Remove bay leaf.

  8. Serve hot in a bowl or over cauliflower rice.

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