GUMBO – Chicken, ham, okra & Tasso [sausage]

Ingredients;

1/3 to ½ cup flour and oil

1 can each of chicken and beef broth

Creole seasoning – garlic – salt & pepper to taste.

Tabasco sauce – jalapeno peppers

Celery, green pepper, onion.

Chicken, NATHAN”S smoked sausage, cooked ham, okra.

Add flour and oil to 2 -3 gallon stock pot. Heat on medium until browned. Add all broths and stir well.  Slice and dice all ingredients. Add seasonings garlic, tobacco, jalapeno to pot. Stir, add veggies. Stir, add meats.

Simmer until veggies are tender stirring as needed.

You of course have noticed that for the most part actual amounts have not been listed as traditional gumbo was basically just whatever you have on hand when you are cleaning out the frig. I happen to like it on the second day better than on the first – and I love it the first day. ;]

Serve with cooked rice. A variant is to serve it over steamed wheat grains. Good side dishes for this include corn bread with real butter and greens.

Of course the cornbread HAS to be cooked in cast iron.