Recipe - Chicken Okra Gumbo With Sausage

3 4 lb. chickens, cut up
One half cup Veg. oil
2 pound Sliced okra
One half cup Flour
1 ga Water
1 3 oz. Kosher smoked sausage
1 pound Chicken gizzards, cut up
2 Med onion, chopped
One fourth Bell pepper, chopped
1 Whole bulb garlic, chopped
2 tablespoon Chopped parsley
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 6 oz. cn. tomato paste
3 Large tomatoes OR
1 cn Whole tomatoes (16 oz.)
2 Bay leaves
1 pn Thyme
1 tablespoon Gumbo file'
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 One half to 2 hrs.

Stir in file' during the last One half hr. of cooking. Serve with hot cooked
rice in soup bowls.

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