Skillet Creole Chicken Fricassee

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds)
• 3 teaspoons creole seasoning
• 8 ounces andouille sausages, cut into 1/2-inch rounds
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 celery ribs, sliced thin
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups low sodium chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 halve each chicken breast crosswise (or, depending on size, you may want to cut each into 3 pieces.) pat chicken dry with paper towels and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons creole seasoning.
• 2 cook sausage in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned, about 5 minutes. transfer sausage to paper towel-lined plate, leaving fat in skillet. cook chicken in sausage fat until browned, about 2 minutes per side. transfer to plate with sausage.
• 3 add oil, onion, celery, and pepper to now-empty skillet and cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. stir in flour and remaining teaspoon creole seasoning and cook until four begins to brown, about 1 minute.
• 4 slowly stir in broth until smooth. return chicken and sausage to skillet. cover and simmer until chicken registers 160°f, about 10 minutes. serve over rice.