Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp flour
• 12 c oil
• 1 slice bacon diced
• 1 onion chopped
• 12 green pepper chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp salt
• dash of pepper
• dash of hot sauce
• 1 can tomatoes
• 4 whole chicken breasts cut off the bone in bite-size pieces
• 2 to 3 c water
• 1 12 c cut okra
• 1 12 tsp gumbo file optional
• hot rice

Directions

1. Combine flour and oil in large Dutch oven
2. Stir over medium heat until flour is medium brown
3. Stir in cut-up bacon and cook 1 minute
4. Add onion green pepper and garlic and cook until onion is transparent
5. Add next 8 ingredients soy sauce through water Simmer 45 minutes or until chicken is tender
6. Add okra and cook 10 minutes
7. Stir in file just before serving over hot rice
8. Good with cornbread