Chicken Creole

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 cups cooked chicken (i stew a whole chicken and tear meat off bones for rustic look)
• 1 (28 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, undrained and squished
• 1 (2 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, undrained
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 5 dashes hot sauce
• file powder

Recipe

• 1 heat vegetable oil in heavy skillet over high heat; stir in 1/4 cup flour.
• 2 cook, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes or until the mixture is the color of a copper penny.
• 3 reduce heat, add green pepper and onion and cook 10 to 15 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
• 4 add chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms, parsley, worcestershire sauce, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, salt and hot sauce; cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• 5 stir occasionally.
• 6 serve creole over hot cooked rice or pasta of choice.
• 7 sprinkle with filè powder if desired.