Lynn's Chicken Ham File Gumbo
1 1/2 cup Oil
1 1/2 cup Flour
2 lrg Onions, chopped
1 bn Green onions, chopped
1/2 bn To 1 bn clerey, chopped
1 lrg Green pepper, chopped
1 tsp Chicken stock
1 x Stewing hen
1 x Bay leaf
Salt
Pepper
1 lb smoked ham
Method :
Chicken Gumbo File'
Almost 1 bottle file' Rice
In large gumbo pot, make a roux with oil and flour. Saute onions, green onions,
celery, and green pepper in roux. Add stock, hen, bay leaf, salt and pepper and
cook. When hen is almost cooked, add ham. Add file a little at at time. Serve
with rice.
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