Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

c  vegetable oil 

c  flour 

  medium yellow onions, chopped 

  smoked sausage links (approx 12 -16 inches long), sliced on a bias 

cloves chopped garlic 

whole chicken (Fryer in a pinch, Hen if you’ve got lots of time) 

Salt to taste 

Pepper to taste 

Garlic powder (if not using garlic cloves) to taste 

Ground, dried thyme to taste 

celery stalks chopped 

to ½ c of bell peppers 

fresh green onions 

gumbo file’

Sometimes I like to add the vinegar from a jar of pickled jalapeños (or apple cider vinegar)

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