Sausage Gumbo

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Canola oil
• 3/4 cup All purpose flour
• 8 Southside Market & Barbeque 1882 Hot Beef Sausage
• 1 Whole chicken, cooked and shredded
• 1 White onion, diced
• 3 Garlic cloves, minced
• 3 Celery stalks, sliced
• 1 Green bell pepper, diced
• 6 cups Water
• 1 cup Chicken broth
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• 2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tbsp Ground black pepper
• 2 tsp Filé gumbo powder
• 2 to 3 cups of white rice, cooked
• 1/2 Red onion, diced (optional)
• Lousiana hot sauce (optional)