Margaret's Chicken And Sausage Gumbo

Ingredients

1 chicken
425 gr ham chunks
260 gr sausage
260 gr pre sausage
2 onions
2 toes garlic
30 gr green onions
1 bell pepper
100 gr celery
3 gr parsley
3 packages brown gravy mix
55 gr kitchen bouquet
26 gr cayenne pepper
8 gr black pepper
18 gr salt
2 creole seasoning
190 gr flour
1,400 ml boiling water
350 ml cooking oil
1/2 ga chicken stock
230 gr rice

Instructions

Heat about quarter cup of cooking oil. Fry chicken in oil until lightly browned. Remove chicken; set aside oil. Fry sausage; drain off excess grease. Fry ham until lightly browned. Pour half gallon stock into pot that chicken was fried in. Add brown gravy mix; continue cooking. Meanwhile, heat remaining oil. Add flour and make medium to dark brown roux. Add onions, green onions, garlic, bell pepper and celery to roux; cook until chicken is tender. Remove meat; set aside. Bone chicken; season with additional salt and pepper. Continue cooking gravy until mixture thickens. Add meat back to gravy. Serve over rice. Serves 15-20.