Chicken Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 bunch scallions
1 Tbsp. bacon grease
1 jar (1 c.) tomatoes
6 c. chicken broth
2 green peppers (or 1 red and 1 green)
1/2 tsp. thyme
1 bay leaf
1 cut up cooked chicken
1 Tbsp. gumbo file (spice)

Preparation

Heat bacon grease (cook onion in it) for 11 minutes.
Add tomatoes and cook 5 minutes; add to stock.
Add peppers, onion, thyme, bay leaf and salt to taste and cook for 11 minutes more. Add chicken and cook 1 1/2 hours.
When finished, put in 1 tablespoon gumbo file.
Do not boil after adding gumbo file.
Serve on rice.