Stewed Chicken & Sausage

Recipe from Emeril Lagasse

1 small chicken cut into 8 pieces (I had 10 drumsticks in my freezer from a recipe I never made, so I used them for this.

Essence (recipe below)

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 lb smoked sausage, cut into 1/2 inch slices (I had 3 pieces of turkey sassage that I used)

2 cups julienne onions (not sure what this meant, so I just cut them into slices)

salt, cayenne

4 bay leaves

1 tbsp chopped garlic

6 cups canned chicken stock

1/4 cup chopped green onions

Essence Creole Seasoning:

2 1/2 tbsp paprika

2 tbsp salt

2 tbsp garlic powder

1 tbsp pepper

1 tbsp onion powder (I didn't have it so I omitted it)

1 tbsp cayenne pepper

1 tbsp dried oregano

1 tbsp dried thyme

The recipe was a little confusing, so I did this part my way- I added the flour to the essence, and then dredged the chicken in it.  

Add oil to the slow cooker, over medium heat.  When the oil is hot, add the chicken.  Turns out the slow cooker was probably not the way to do this, but I tried.  Turn to brown the chicken on all sides.  Cook until evenly browned, about 5-6 min.  Add sausage, stir & cook for 5-6 min.  Add the onions.  Season with salt & cayenne.  Cook for 5-6 min.  Add bay leaves, garlic & stock.  Cover the slow cooker & cook for 3 hours. or until chicken is tender.  Stir in green onions.

*****This took way too much time and so did not come out properly.  I felt like this should've been made in a dutch oven rather than the slow cooker.  I also added in about 1 lbs of red potatoes, cut into small chunks when there was about 30 min left. 

I will definitely NOT make it again (although DH did love the taste and the heat that came from all the pepper.)