Chicken Gumbo

Name: Chicken Gumbo
Ingredients: 1 (4- to 5-pound) baking hen, cut up; 1/2 cup salt pork drippings; 2 large onions, chopped; 1 medium-size green pepper, chopped; 4 cups sliced okra; 1 cup chopped celery; 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley; 2 quarts water; 8 medium tomatoes, peeled and quartered; 1 tablespoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; Hot cooked rice; File powder (optional)

13 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 (4- to 5-pound) baking hen, cut up
1/2 cup salt pork drippings
2 large onions, chopped
1 medium-size green pepper, chopped
4 cups sliced okra
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 quarts water
8 medium tomatoes, peeled and quartered
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Hot cooked rice
File powder (optional)

Directions

1

Brown chicken in drippings in a large Dutch oven. Remove chicken, and set aside. Reserve drippings in Dutch oven.
2

Add onion, green pepper, okra, celery, and parsley to Dutch oven; cook over low heat 30 minutes, stirring frequently. Return chicken to Dutch oven.
3

Add water, tomatoes, salt, and pepper, stirring well. Simmer, uncovered, 2 1/2 hours or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken from gumbo; bone and chop meat. Return meat to gumbo, stirring well. Cook until thoroughly heated.
4

Serve gumbo over rice. Add a small amount of file powder to each serving, if desired.