Chicken-Sausage Gumbo

Ingredients

• 28 ounce canned tomatoes diced canned
• 1 cup celery chopped
• 2 cups chicken broth 
• 4 cups meat from a rotisserie chicken cooked chopped
• 6 servings rice hot cooked
• 1 teaspoons creole seasoning 
• 5 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 2 large garlic cloves pressed
• 1 medium size bell pepper green chopped
• 1 cup onion coarsely chopped
• 0.5 pound sausage smoked cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
• 1 tablespoons vegetable oil 

Equipment

• paper towels
• whisk
• slotted spoon
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Cook sausage over high heat in Dutch oven 5 minutes, stirring often.
2. Remove sausage with a slotted spoon.
3. Drain on paper towels.
4. Add enough oil to drippings in Dutch oven to equal 3 tablespoons, and whisk in flour; cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, 5 minutes.
5. Add onion and next 3 ingredients; cook 5 minutes, stirring often. Stir in broth and next 2 ingredients. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
6. Add sausage and chicken; simmer, covered, 5 minutes.
7. Serve over rice.
8. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Conecuh Original Smoked Sausage for smoked sausage.