Chicken Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. chicken, cut in pieces for serving
salt and pepper
flour (for dredging)
pork fat (for frying)
1/2 onion, finely chopped
parsley
4 c. sliced okra, cooked or canned
1/4 red pepper, finely chopped or 1 pimiento
1 1/2 c. tomatoes
3 c. boiling water
1 c. boiling rice

Preparation

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
Dredge with flour. Fry (saute) in pork fat.
Remove chicken.
Fry onion in fat remaining in pan; add okra, parsley or pimiento and red pepper. Cook slowly 15 minutes.
Add to chicken with tomatoes, water and 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt.
Cook slowly until chicken is tender and add rice.