Ingredients

  • 6 lbs chicken
  • 3 cups cooking oil
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 3 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup celery, finely chopped
  • 1 cup bell pepper, finely chopped
  • 3 lbs onions
  • 3 tablespoons creole seasoning (Tony Chachere's)

Method

  • Heat 3 cups of cooking oil hot enough to cook chicken.
  • Cut chicken into 2 inch pieces, season with the creole seasoning and fry in oil until done.
  • Remove the chicken from the oil.
  • In another frying pan, saute onions,celery, bell pepper and garlic until opaque looking and slightly limp.
  • To the vegetable mixture, add your chicken which has slightly cooled.
  • Add tomatoes and water to the mixture, then lower the flame allowing mixture to simmer for for one hour, stirring about every 10 minutes.
  • Serve with rice.
  • If you like yours to be a bit thicker, use 2 cans of diced tomatoes and 1 can (8 ounce) tomato paste and 1 cup water.