Classic Chicken Gumbo From Tony Burke

Ingredients

2 tb vegetable shortening
2 tb flour
2 onions
1 green bell pepper
5 c warm chicken broth
8 tomatoes
1/2 okra
1/2 c rice
2 ribs celery
1 ts salt
1/2 ts pepper
1/4 ts thyme
1 bay leaf
1 broiler-fryer chicken

Instructions

cook about 20 minutes. 6. Stir and cook, covered, 20 minutes longer.