Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 small tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon chopped onion
• 1 quart sliced ofaa Flour
• 2 quarts hot water
• Salt and pepper
• Less desirable pieces chicken

Method

1. 1

   Brown the onion in the butter; add the okra and fry until the okra will rope from a spoon.

2. 2

   Stir constantly.

3. 3

   Pour all into the hot water and boil down to a quart.

4. 4

   Scald the tomatoes; peel them; cut into small pieces and add to the soup.

5. 5

   Next sprinkle with salt, pepper and flour the wings, back, neck and other undesirable portions of a chicken and fry them a light brown.

6. 6

   Lift from the frying pan with a fork and add to the soup one half hour before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN GUMBO 1 tablespoon butter 3 small tomatoes 1 tablespoon chopped onion Less desirable pieces chicken 1 quart sliced ofaa Flour 2 quarts hot water Salt and pepper

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