Smarty Pants = Chicken, Sausage, Okra Gumbo & Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box Zatarians gumbo base mix or 1 package Oak Grove smoke house gumbo base mix (absolutely DON'T USE gumbo mix with rice included)
1 lb chicken (or as much as you can fit into the pot after you mix the base)
1 lb smoked sausage (or as much as you can fit into the pot after you mix the base)
1 (10 ounce) box sliced frozen okra, defrosted
Boiled long grain regular white rice recipe
2 cups long grain white rice
4 quarts water, in a large pot
1/2 tablespoon salt

Preparation

-----Gumbo--------.
Follow recipe on gumbo base container to mix base.
Using water is good, but some chicken broth is better.
Bring base to a low boil.
This is the critical step= stir well because the base wants to stick to the bottom of the pot, while it is being fully dissolved.
Add meat, and bring to a low boil again, lower fire and simmer for thirty minutes, stirring occasionally while scraping bottom of pot.
stir in okra, and bring back to a low boil for 2-3 minutes, just enough to heat the okra, then serve with cooked long grain white rice.
-----------Boiled long grain regular white rice recipe----------.
Add salt to water and bring water to boil.
Add rice and stir well.
The moment you add the rice to the water, start timing for 13 minutes.
stir occasionally during cooking process, while scraping bottom of pot.
After 13 minutes, stir well, then drain rice using calendar, then run some hot faucet water over the rice in the calendar.
Serve gumbo with rice added.