Chicken & Okra Gumbocajun, chicken, main dish 1 cup oil 1 cup flour 1 chicken, cut up, about four pounds 2 lb okra, cut up 2 medium tomatoes, chopped 2 large onions, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 2 teaspoon parsley, chopped 2 teaspoon green onion tops, chopped 1 salt 1 black pepper Brown the chicken in the oil. Take the chicken out. Add the flour to the oil and make a medium brown roux. Add the onions, bell pepper, tomatoes, and okra and cook slowly until the okra stops roping, maybe an hour. Add 3 quarts of water, slowly. Add the chicken. Cook slowly until the chicken is almost ready to fall off the bones, maybe an hour and a half. Add water as needed. Salt and pepper to taste. Add parsley and onion tops and serve over rice. |
