Chicken gumbo - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 500g skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into chunks
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, deseeded and chopped
• 3 celery sticks, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 heaped tbsp plain flour
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 400ml chicken stock
• 100g okra, cut into 2cm rounds
• small handful sage, leaves chopped
• crusty bread or microwave rice, to serve