Sauce Piquant

• 1/2 c. flour
• 1/2 c. oil
• 1 1/2 to 2 c. chopped onions
• 1 c. chopped celery
• 1 c. chopped bell pepper
• 2 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 (8 oz.) tomato sauce
• 1 (16 oz.) Ro-Tel tomatoes with chiles
• 3 cans spicy V-8 juice
• 4 c. water
• 1 lb. tasso
• 1 lb. smoked sausage
• 1 fryer, cut up
• 1 c. chopped green onions

1. Use 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup oil to make medium roux.
2. Stir onions, celery, bell pepper and garlic into roux and brown 10 minutes.
3. Stir tomato sauce, Ro-Tel tomatoes, V-8 juice and water into other mixture and simmer 15 minutes.
4. Stir in tasso and simmer 45 minutes.
5. Stir in smoked sausage, cut up fryer and 1 cup chopped green onions.
6. Simmer 30 minutes or until chicken is done. If you want it hot, add red pepper to taste.

flour, oil, onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, tomato sauce, rotel tomatoes, water, tasso, sausage, fryer, green onions

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=514460 (may not work)