Galatoire's Chicken Creole | Louisiana Kitchen & Culture

Ingredients

• 4 ripe tomatoes
• 1 fryer chicken cut into 8 pieces
• 2 teaspoons salt, plus additional to taste
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons salted butter
• 1 celery stalk, diced, about 1/2 cup
• 1 green pepper, diced, about 1 cup
• 2 onions, diced, about 1 1/2 cups
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon hot paprika
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 3 cups steamed white rice
• 1/4 cup curly parsley, chopped for garnish