Slow Cooker Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 -3 cups smoked sausage, cut into thin rounds
2 cups onions, chopped
2 cups celery, chopped
2 cups okra, chopped
2 cups bell peppers, chopped
2 quarts canned tomatoes, chopped
1 teaspoon dried parsley
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder or 4 bouillon cubes
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon garlic salt
2 cups cooked chicken or 2 cups seafood (they used a little of both)
1 1/4 cups uncooked instant rice (Minute Rice)
red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper, to taste
file powder, to taste

Preparation

Brown the sausage slices in a skillet for a few minutes to brown each side.
Add the first 11 ingredients to the crock pot (sausage through garlic salt).
Cook on medium setting for 8 hours.
Taste and adjust seasonings, then add uncooked Minute Rice, cooked chicken or seafood, and a shake of red pepper flakes or cayenne to taste, stirring well.
Let cook another 30 minutes.
Serve in bowls over a scoop of cooked white rice and garnished with file powder- or just serve in bowls as is, as a soup.