Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients:

1 large chicken, cut up
4 Tbsp. cooking oil
I large chopped onion
2 qt. chicken stock, heated
2 Tbsp. parsley, minced
2 Tbsp. chopped green onion

Instructions:

Thyme, fresh if available salt and pepper to taste 1 lb. smoked sausage 1 Tbsp. file powder I clove minced garlic Using a heavy pot, brown the chicken slowly in oil. Remove the chicken. Saute the onion until soft. Return chicken and any juice that has run from it to the pot with the onions. cover and cook on low heat for about.10 minutes, stining occasionally to prevent burning. Add the heated stock, parsley, green onion and garlic. Season generously with thyme. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook over low heat until chicken is tender. Add sausage and cook for 10 minutes. Add oysters and oyster-water andcook for 10 minutes more. Skim off excess fat. Remove from the fire and immediately add the file powder, stirring while adding. Serve over steamed ‘rice.