Chicken Fried with Okra

Ingredients

• a very tender chicken
• two dozen pods of okra
• one medium-sized onion
• a quarter of a pound of ham
• one small red or green fresh pepper
• sufficient broth, cold gravy, or boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Clean and cut chicken into joints, season with salt and pepper, and roll in flour.

2. 2

   Fry chicken and ham in hot lard.

3. 3

   Add okra, onion, pepper, and enough broth to cover.

4. 4

   Stew until tender, adding water if necessary.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Corson's practical American cookery and household management (1885) by Juliet Corson, page 169. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN FRIED WITH OKRA. This dish is sometimes called chicken gumbo. To pre- pare it, clean a very tender chicken, and cut it in joints suitable for frying ; season it with salt and pepper, and roll 304 PRACTICAL AMERICAN COOKERY. it in flour ; wash two dozen pods of okra, and slice them thin, throwing away the stems ; peel and slice one medium- sized onion, cut a quarter of a pound of ham in half-inch dice, chop fine one small red or green fresh pepper. First, .fry the chicken and ham brown, putting them into enough smoking-hot lard to half cover them; then add the okra, onion, and pepper, and sufficient broth, cold gravy, or boil- ing water

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