Chicken Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 lb. chicken, cut up
2 c. water
2 tsp. salt
1 clove garlic, minced
1 large bay leaf, crumbled
1/2 c. celery, sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
1 (28 oz.) can whole tomatoes
1 pkg. frozen okra
1 can corn
1/3 c. uncooked rice
1/2 tsp. Tabasco

Preparation

Heat chicken, water, salt, garlic and bay leaf to boiling in Dutch oven; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer until chicken is done, about 45 minutes.
Remove chicken from broth; strain broth. Refrigerate chicken and broth.
When cool, remove chicken from bones.
Cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
Place broth and chicken in Dutch oven.
Stir in celery, onion, tomatoes, okra, corn, rice and Tabasco.
Break up tomatoes with fork.
Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer until okra and rice are tender.
Garnish with parsley.