Vegan Sausage Gumbo
Ingredients
- ¼ cup vegetable oil divided
- 1 pound fresh or frozen okra sliced
- 1 package vegan sausages sliced (try Tofurky or Field Roast Italian sausages)
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 cloves fresh garlic chopped
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup celery chopped
- 1 large green pepper chopped
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- 1 16-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 16-ounce can black beans
- 1 teaspoon salt or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons Tabasco sauce to taste optional
Instructions
- Heat half the oil in a nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Pan fry the sliced okra until lightly browned and set aside. Lightly fry the sausage pieces and set aside.
- Combine flour and remaining oil in a stockpot, stirring constantly. Brown the flour roux over medium-high heat for 1 minute.
- Add the onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, thyme, oregano, and cumin. Cook for 1 minute on medium heat, stirring frequently. Add the okra, celery, bell pepper, vegetable stock, tomatoes, and black beans and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Stir in veggie sausage and cook 5 minutes more or until thoroughly heated. Add salt and Tabasco if desired. Serve over rice.
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One Comment on “Vegan Sausage Gumbo”
I’m making this right now, so I haven’t tasted it yet. It smells great. I can tell you that one minute is not long enough to cook a proper roux. It was more like 10 minutes of low heat and stirring. I was always taught when I was growing up in the south that the roux should be the color of a copper penny. It does take a while.