re: My gumbo

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I have never heard of browning the meat before

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Huh?

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I have never heard of browning the meat before.

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If you're using raw fresh chicken, browning it does give it flavor and using the same skillet for making the roux adds that flavor to the roux.

I rarely brown anything mostly because I either make fried chicken gumbo or use smoked chicken or turkey in my poultry gumbo. I rarely brown the sausage. I agree that the browning of the sausage can add good flavor, but I also like the sausage juices to come out in the gumbo when I simmer it. It really depends on the sausage I'm using at the time. Either way is fine.