Slow Cooker Gumbo

• 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

1. Brown the sausage slices in a skillet for a few minutes to brown each side.
2. Add the first 11 ingredients to the crock pot (sausage through garlic salt).
3. Cook on medium setting for 8 hours.
4. 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.
5. Let cook another 30 minutes.
6. 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.

sausage, onions, celery, okra, bell peppers, tomatoes, parsley, worcestershire sauce, chicken bouillon powder, onion salt, garlic salt, chicken, rice, red pepper, file powder

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/slow-cooker-gumbo-94601 (may not work)