Chicken Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
6 hard-boiled and peeled eggs
1 pkg. smoked sausage
2 to 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 onion, chopped
3 to 4 celery stalks, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
3 to 4 green onions, chopped
garlic powder
onion salt
bay leaf
salt and pepper
1 c. shortening
1 c. flour, sifted

Preparation

Boil whole chicken until the meat falls off the bones.
Remove skin and bones.
Keep meat in broth over medium heat.
Saute onion, celery, bell pepper and green onions in butter.
Add this to the chicken.
Cut up the smoked sausage into bite-size pieces and add to the pot.
Add the eggs (whole).
Add desired spices. Allow pot to simmer.