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Chicken, Okra and seafood gumbo

Ingredients: 1 whole chicken cut up in small pieces,
2 lbs pealed shrimp,
½ pint of oysters (optional)
2 dozen crab claws (optional)
1 lb smoked pork sausage sliced and halved or quartered,
3 cups of cut okra, ½” pieces,
½ cup of celery,
3 shallots chopped fine (separate greens),
1 large onion chopped fine,
1/3 cup parsley chopped fine,
4 toes garlic chopped fine,
¼ teaspoon Thyme,
2 teaspoons gumbo file’,
Kitchen Bouquet for browning or just caramelize an onion,
¼ to ½ cup of soy sauce to taste.,
Salt and black pepper to taste. (Remember smoke sausage is salty),
Chicken bouillon cubes or 2 quarts of broth.
2 tablespoons of margarine,

In a large non stick skillet, about 3 tablespoons of oil, brown the chicken until only clear juice comes out when poked.(This works well in black iron skillets also) Remove pieces from pan and put in 10 qt stock pot with 2 quarts of water and 2 quarts of broth and start simmering on low heat with lid on. Brown smoked pork sausage in same skillet and add sausage to pot. Next put all the veggies in the skillet with a couple cups of water and simmer for 30 minutes adding water occasionally to keep from burning, until all the veggies are tender. This helps cut down on some of the sliminess of the okra. Stir constantly as the okra burns very easily. This is not a roux type gumbo so burning is not a good thing here. When tender add veggies to pot and leave the lid off from here on out. Stir constantly to keep okra from sticking/burning on bottom of pot.
Add shrimp and shallot tops to skillet in 2 tablespoons of margarine and simmer until shrimp is pink and add mixture to pot. Add soy sauce, browning sauce and seasoning and top up with water. Simmer for 20 minutes and turn off heat. The chicken, sausage, and margarine will make oil and can be skimmed off the top of the pot while hot or removed after it gets cold.
Serve over white rice.

oooooeeee! shack dem good gumbo!

let the good times roll brother...

BTW, I substituted all the other meat for tilapia. Still very tasty!