Ingredients: 4 tablespoons vegetable oil,1/4 cup flour,5 cups chicken broth,1 inch Andouille sausage cut in ½ slices,1 cup onions chopped,1 cup tomatoes chopped,1/2 cup celery chopped,1/2 cup green pepper chopped,2 cloves garlic, finely minced,2 scallions, chopped,1 bay leaf,1/2 teaspoon thyme,1/2 teaspoon black pepper,1 cup okra sliced into ½ inch pieces
Instructions:
- Add oil to a large pot.
- Heat pot over medium flame.
- Stir in flour
- Cook, stirring constantly until flour begins to turn golden brown.
- Slowly stir in all the broth and cook for 2 minutes. The mixture should not be lumpy.
- Add all the ingredients except okra. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add okra and let cook for 20 more minutes
- Remove bay leaf
- Serve over rice
