Instructions: In a stock pot bring water to a boil. Add chicken, celery, carrot, onion, bay leaves and salt, and simmer for 25 minutes. Remove chicken and take meat from bones. Set meat aside and return bones to broth, continuing to simmer. In another 4 quart pan, heat oil and flour. Cook this roux until a nice brown color (30 minutes), stirring constantly. Add okra, onions, celery, green pepper, and cook about 5 to 10 minutes. Add green onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, marjoram, basil, tomatoes, ham and cooked chicken meat. Strain stock and add to gumbo. Fry sausage, drain well, and add to gumbo. Simmer 1-1/2 hours. Add Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Add Tabasco to taste. Serve over steamed rice in a bowl.

Yield: 12
to 16 servings.

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