Gumbo recipe, with chicken and sausage

Ingredients

• 120 ml vegetable or rapeseed oil (plus extra for searing meat)
• 65 g plain flour
• 1 green bell pepper (roughly diced)
• 2 sticks celery (roughly diced)
• 1 large white onion (roughly diced)
• 4 cloves garlic (crushed/finely chopped)
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• 250 ml beer (such as lager or pilsner)
• 500 g chicken thighs
• 350 g smoked sausage (such as kielbasa or andouille, cut into coins)
• 1 litre chicken stock
• Chopped spring onions (to garnish)
• Sea salt
• Freshly ground black pepper