Chicken and Linguica Gumbo

• 1 pound sausage
• 1 each chicken cut up into serving pieces
• 1/2 cup flour, all-purpose
• 1 1/2 cups mixed salad greens
• 1 cup celery chopped
• 1/2 cup green bell peppers chopped
• 3 each garlic cloves minced
• 9 cups chicken broth
• 4 cups rice cooked

1. Cook the sausage in a large, heavy ungreased skillet over low heat, turning the slices frequently with a spatula until there is a film of fat over the bottom of the pan.
2. Increase the heat to medium and, turning the slices occasionally, continue to fry the sausage until the slices are browned, about 6 minutes.
3. Remove the sausage to paper towels to drain.
4. Add vegetable oil to the fat in the skillet to a depth of 1/2 inch.
5. Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
6. Place 1/2 cup of the flour on a plate.
7. Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour and shake of the excess.
8. Heat the oil in the skillet over medium-high heat.
9. fry the chicken pieces in the hot fat until they are golden brown on both sides and the eat is cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes per side.
10. Remove the chicken from the skillet and drain on paper towels.
11. Reserve 6 tablespoons of fat from the skillet an discard the rest.
12. Whisk the reserved 6 tablespoons fat with the remaining 6 tablespoons of flour in a large, heavy pot until smooth.
13. Cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until the fat-flour mixture (called a roux) is nut brown.
14. This will take several minutes.
15. Do not allow the roux to burn.
16. Add the green onions, celery, green pepper, parsley and garlic to the roux.
17. Cook the mixture, stirring over medium-low heat until the vegetables have softened.
18. Then, stirring constantly, slowly add the chicken stock.
19. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat.
20. Add the sausage to the gumbo.
21. Season to taste with salt, pepper, cayenne and/or Tabasco sauce.
22. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
23. While gumbo is simmering, bone the cooked chicken and, using your fingers, shred the meat into pieces.
24. Add to the gumbo and simmer for 15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally.

sausage, chicken, flour, mixed salad greens, celery, green bell peppers, garlic, chicken broth, rice cooked

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chicken-linguica-gumbo-47395 (may not work)