Chicken okra gumbo with sausage
Yield: 12 Servings
Ingredients:
- 3 4 lb. chickens cut up
- 1/2 c Veg. oil
- 2 lb Sliced okra
- 1/2 c Flour
- 1 ga Water
- 1 3 oz. Kosher smoked sausage
- 1 lb Chicken gizzards cut up
- 2 Med onion chopped
- 1/4 Bell pepper chopped
- 1 Whole bulb garlic chopped
- 2 tb Chopped parsley
- 1 tb Sugar
- 1 6 oz. cn. tomato paste
- 3 Large tomatoes OR >>>>
- 1 cn Whole tomatoes (16 oz.)
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 pn Thyme
- 1 tb Gumbo file'
Instructions:
Salt & Pepper to taste Brown chicken pieces in some of the oil; remove from pot. Brown okra and remove from pot. Add rmainder of oil and flour stirring constantly untill roux is a rich brown. Add okra and water to roux blending well. Add chicken sausage gizzards and remaining ingredients except file'. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs. Stir in file' during the last 1/2 hr. of cooking. Serve with hot cooked rice in soup bowls.



