Chicken Etouffee Recipe

Whisk flour salt black pepper and cayenne pepper together in a bowl.

Heat 1/4 cup butter and olive oil in a large skillet. Dredge chicken cubes in seasoned flour and fry in the hot butter and oil until golden brown and no longer pink inside about 10 minutes. Remove chicken leaving butter mixture in skillet. Reduce heat to low.

Stir 1 tablespoon leftover seasoned flour into pan drippings in skillet; cook and stir until the mixture forms a paste and cooks to the color of dark caramel 10 to 15 minutes. Watch carefully and stir constantly to avoid burning. Add bell pepper onion celery garlic and 2 more tablespoons butter to flour paste and toss to coat vegetables with butter and browned flour mixture. Cook and stir until vegetables are soft about 10 minutes.

Pour in enough water to cover vegetables add bay leaves and bring to a simmer. Return chicken to skillet and cook until flavors are blended about 10 more minutes. Serve with cooked rice.