Good Gumbo (without roux)

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs
• 8 ounces smoked sausage cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
• 2 pounds jumbo shrimp peeled
• 2 cups okra
• 1 large onion chopped
• 1 large green bell pepper chopped
• 1 cup celery chopped
• 6 to 8 cloves garlic finely minced
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes or to taste
• freshly ground pepper to taste
• Creole seasoning - my posted recipe (or Tony Chachere original creole seasoning), to taste