Chicken-Shrimp Gumbo

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: American

1 review 
Ready in 4 hours

Ingredients

1/2 c Shortening

2 c Water

1 tb Lemon juice

5 lb Chicken cut up

1 c Onions chopped

1/2 ts Powdered thyme

1/2 ts Black pepper

1/2 c Celery chopped

1/2 c Flour

2 lb shrimp Cooked

1 ts Gumbo file powder

2 tb Worcestershire Sauce

1/2 c Parsley chopped

3 1/2 ts Salt

1/2 c green onion Chopped

1 Garlic crushed


Directions

Sprinkle chicken with 1-1/2 tsp salt. Melt shortening in large pot (6-qt Dutch oven). Add chicken pieces & borwn on all sides. Remove chicken & set aside. Stir flour into hot fat in which chicken was browned. Stir constangly & keep heat low until flour is golden brown. Add onion & garlic. Stir until clear. Stir in water. Add chicken, Worcestershire sauce, 2 tsp salt, lemon juice, black pepper & thyme. Cook 1-1/2 hours or until chicken is tender. Add shrimp, celery & green onion. Cook 30 minutes longer. Remove chicken & add file powder; stir. Pour liquid over chicken. Serve with rice & top with chopped parsley. HAZEL DRIGGERS MAGNOLIA, AR From <Simply Southern>, the Desoto School Mothers Assn, Helena-West Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from G Internet, G Internet.

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