CHICKEN AND SHRIMP GUMBO

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Number Of Ingredients 18

3 cups turkey broth or chicken broth
1/2 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon thyme dried leaves, crushed, or ground thyme
1/4 teaspoon sage dried leaves, crushed, or ground sage
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
3 slices bacon or 1 ounce salt pork, diced
1/2 onion large, chopped
1/2 green bell pepper diced
1 rib celery diced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup tomato chopped peeled, with juice, canned or fresh
1 tablespoon tomato paste
Few drops of hot pepper sauce
1 cup chicken diced cooked
1/2 frozen cut okra
1/3 pound shrimp cleaned, or 1/2 pint oysters, or both
2 white rice to 3 cups hot cooked

Steps:

In a medium saucepan, combine broth, bay leaf, thyme, sage, and salt and pepper to taste bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes. In large skillet or heavy saucepan, cook bacon or salt pork over medium heat until almost crisp, stirring. Add onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic sauté, stirring, for 8 minutes. Stir in flour and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add broth mixture, tomatoes, tomato paste, and hot pepper sauce simmer 20 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Add chicken and okra, stir, and simmer for 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning. Add shrimp or oysters, bring to just under boiling, and simmer for 3 minutes. For each serving, put a spoonful of rice in a bowl and spoon gumbo over top.

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