Beef Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1 large onion
• 1½ pounds of lean beef
• 1 pint of fresh tomatoes
• 1 pint of tender okra
• 1 raw potato
• 1 pint of water
• 1 teaspoonful of salt
• ¼ of a teaspoonful of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Chop onion and beef, rendering fat in a kettle.

2. 2

   Cook onion until colored, then add potato, tomatoes, okra, and beef.

3. 3

   Cover and cook for ten minutes, then add water, salt, and pepper.

4. 4

   Cook slowly for one hour.

5. 5

   Serve over toasted stale bread.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 tasty dishes (1906), page 56. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Gumbo. Cut fine I large onion. Trim the fat from ij^ pounds of lean beef and put the meat through the chopper, then run through the tender part of the fat. Put the latter in a kettle and place over a slow fire until well tried out ; skim out the scraps and drop in the onion. Cook slowly until beginning to color, then add i raw potato pared and cut in thin slices, i pint of fresh tomatoes meas- ured after skinning and cutting fine, i pint of tender okra cut in thin slices, and the meat. Cover and cook slowly for ten min- utes, stirring occasionally, then add i pint of water, i teaspoonful of salt and ^ of a tea- spoonful of peppe

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