RizzieFarms • The Chicken Cookbook

Tastes Like Chicken!

From the 1992 cookbook

Main Dishes

Gypsy Chicken

Servings: 6 servings

A Creole-inspired chicken stew with vegetables, tomatoes, rice, and okra.

Ingredients

  • 1 (2 1/2-lb) chicken
  • 3 medium green bell peppers, diced
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 3 T olive oil
  • 1 (1-lb) can whole tomatoes, diced
  • 1 (8-oz) can tomato sauce
  • Dash ground thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 t gumbo file
  • Dash hot pepper sauce
  • Dash Worcestershire sauce
  • Salt, pepper
  • 2 C cooked rice
  • 1 (1-lb) can cut okra, drained
  • 1/2 C sliced black olives

Instructions

  1. Steam or boil chicken until tender. Dice meat and discard skin/bones.
  2. Sauté peppers, onion, and garlic in oil. Add tomatoes, sauce, and seasonings.
  3. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add chicken and rice, cook 15 minutes more.
  4. Add okra and olives and heat through.
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