Chicken Gumbo

Recipe By:
Sonali
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  • Total Time 245 min Ico-add
  • Yield 8 Servings
  • Level Medium

Steeped in history, no two gumbo's are alike, the variations are limitless but one thing's for sure, once word gets out you've mastered the art of Gumbo you'll need to buy more chairs for your dinner table
 

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken, about 4 pounds
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 quarts water
  • 8 ounces diced ham
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried leaf thyme
  • 2 cups okra, sliced and boiled 10 minutes
  • 2 tablespoons file powder
  • 5 cups hot cooked rice
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Directions

  1. 1. Cut up the chicken and boil in salted water until tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
  2. 2. Remove chicken from pot.
  3. 3. Pour broth into another container; return 6 cups of broth to the pot. If you don't have 6 cups of broth, add canned broth or bouillon. Remove chicken from bone and cut into bite-sized pieces.
  4. 4. In a skillet, saute the ham and celery in butter; add the bay leaf, parsley, and thyme and cook for 2 minutes longer.
  5. 5. Add ham mixture and okra to the chicken broth; simmer 10 minutes. Add the chicken and heat through.
  6. 6. Just before serving, add the file powder.
  7. 7. Serve on hot cook rice in soup plates.