Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1 chicken cut in pieces
• 1 quart green okra
• 1 cup salt pork cubes
• 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper
• 1 cup onion
• 4 quarts water
• 1 bay leaf
• sprig of thyme
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons butter
• salt, pepper, cayenne
• 1 cup rice cooked
• 1 cup cream
• 1 clove garlic

Method

1. 1

   Cook salt pork in frying pan five minutes; add chicken, and sauté until golden brown.

2. 2

   Remove chicken; add onion, garlic, okra cut in slices, and sauté one half hour.

3. 3

   Add to chicken and cover with boiling water.

4. 4

   Add red pepper, seasonings, and cook slowly until chicken is tender.

5. 5

   Melt butter; add flour and cream; cook five minutes; add chicken mixture.

6. 6

   Serve garnished with rice.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 9 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Gumbo 1 chicken cut in pieces 1 quart green okra 1 cup salt pork cubes 1 tablespoon chopped red pep- I cup onion per 4 quarts water 1 bay leaf, sprig of thyme 4 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons butter salt, pepper, cayenne 1 cup rice cooked 1 cup cream I clove garlic SOUPS 61 Cook salt pork in frying pan five minutes ; add chicken, and saut^ a golden brown. Remove chicken; add onion ; garlic, okra cut in slices, and saute one half hour. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water. Add red pepper, seasonings, and cook slowly until chicken is tender. Melt butter ; add flour and cream ; cook five minutes ; add chicken mixture. Serve garnished with rice. Oyster Gumbo I cup onion 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper

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