Chicken Sauce Piquant

Ingredients

• 5 Tbsp oil
• 12 c flour
• 4 large onions chopped
• 2 medium bell peppers chopped
• 1 c celery chopped
• 3 pods garlic minced
• 1 large can sweet peas
• 1 large can mushrooms
• 1 large can whole tomatoes
• 1 large can tomato puree
• 1 large hen or fryer
• 2 qt chicken broth
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Boil chicken until tender and then remove from bones
2. Save the broth you obtained from boiling
3. Heat oil in large Dutch oven until hot add flour and cook until medium brown
4. Add celery onions bell peppers whole tomatoes and tomato puree
5. Cook until celery and bell peppers melt
6. Add 2 quarts broth garlic mushrooms and boned chicken
7. Cook 45 minutes
8. Add peas
9. Cook 15 minutes
10. Serve hot over rice or pasta
11. Any meat may be substituted for chicken