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Sissy’s Creole Chicken

Recipe by Glenna “Sissy” Fischer

3 ½ pounds of chicken

1 clove garlic

6 slices bacon

½ pound of ham, diced

2 small onions, chopped

2 cups drained canned tomatoes

1 tablespoon chopped parsley

1/8 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

½ teaspoon thyme

2 teaspoons salt

2 cups boiling water

2 cups cooked sliced okra

Directions

Wash, clean chicken and cut into serving pieces. Rub skin side of each chicken piece with cut side of garlic clove. Place bacon in cold Dutch oven or a heavy frying pan and cook until crisp. Remove and crumble. Add the chicken to the Dutch oven or the pan, brown on all sides and then remove.

Add ham, onions, brown lightly. Then add the bacon, chicken, tomatoes, parsley, Tabasco sauce, thyme, salt and water.

Cover, reduce heat to low. Cook 30–60 minutes or until chicken is tender. Add the cooked okra the last ten minutes. Serves eight.