Sauce Piquant - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. oil
1 1/2 to 2 c. chopped onions
1 c. chopped celery
1 c. chopped bell pepper
2 cloves chopped garlic
1 (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 (16 oz.) Ro-Tel tomatoes with chiles
3 cans spicy V-8 juice
4 c. water
1 lb. tasso
1 lb. smoked sausage
1 fryer, cut up
1 c. chopped green onions

Preparation

Use 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup oil to make medium roux.
Stir onions, celery, bell pepper and garlic into roux and brown 10 minutes.
Stir tomato sauce, Ro-Tel tomatoes, V-8 juice and water into other mixture and simmer 15 minutes.
Stir in tasso and simmer 45 minutes.
Stir in smoked sausage, cut up fryer and 1 cup chopped green onions.
Simmer 30 minutes or until chicken is done. If you want it hot, add red pepper to taste.