Smarty Pants = Chicken, Sausage, Okra Gumbo & Rice

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 box zatarians gumbo base mix or 1 package oak grove smoke house gumbo base mix (absolutely don't use gumbo mix with rice included)
• 1 lb chicken (or as much as you can fit into the pot after you mix the base)
• 1 lb smoked sausage (or as much as you can fit into the pot after you mix the base)
• 1 (10 ounce) box sliced frozen okra, defrosted
• 2 cups long grain rice
• 4 quarts water, in a large pot
• 1/2 tablespoon salt

Recipe

• 1 -----gumbo--------.
• 2 follow recipe on gumbo base container to mix base.
• 3 using water is good, but some chicken broth is better.
• 4 bring base to a low boil.
• 5 this is the critical step= stir well because the base wants to stick to the bottom of the pot, while it is being fully dissolved.
• 6 add meat, and bring to a low boil again, lower fire and simmer for thirty minutes, stirring occasionally while scraping bottom of pot.
• 7 stir in okra, and bring back to a low boil for 2-3 minutes, just enough to heat the okra, then serve with cooked long grain rice.
• 8 -----------boiled long grain regular rice recipe----------.
• 9 add salt to water and bring water to boil.
• 10 add rice and stir well.
• 11 the moment you add the rice to the water, start timing for 13 minutes.
• 12 stir occasionally during cooking process, while scraping bottom of pot.
• 13 after 13 minutes, stir well, then drain rice using calendar, then run some hot faucet water over the rice in the calendar.
• 14 serve gumbo with rice added.