File Gumbo

Ingredients

130 gr chicken
400 gr andouille sausage
120 gr onions
50 gr celery
34 gr scallions
34 gr bell pepper
2 garlic
1 bay leaf
1 gr cayenne pepper
110 gr butter
1 ga water

Instructions

Salt and pepper to taste File powder In a 7 litre stock pot boil whole chicken until meat separates from bone. Remove meat and return bones and all organs except liver and simmer half hour to make stock. Strain and skim fat. Return stock to pot. Heat butter in cast iron skillet and add flour. Stir with wooden spoon until roux becomes dark brown. Add onions, celery, scallions and bell pepper. Saute for five minutes, then add to stock. In skillet, lightly brown chicken and andouille with garlic, cayenne, salt and pepper. Drain off fat from sausage and add meat to stock with one bay leaf. Simmer for one hour at a very low boil. Immediately before serving sprinkle with file powder and serve over bowl of rice.