Chicken gumbo

4 tbsp olive oil

812g skinless chicken fillets, cut into chunky pieces

1 onion, chopped

2 celery sticks, sliced

3 bay leaves

5 tbsp plain flour

4 tsps Cajun seasoning or (1 each paprika, ground cumin, ground chilli and dried basil)

600ml chicken stock (made with 2 stock cubes)

2 green peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks

50g rice of choice

300g thickly sliced ham, trimmed of any fat and diced

3 spring onions, sliced

2 tbsp roughly chopped parsley