Chicken Gumbo, Creole Style

Ingredients

• one young hen chicken
• half pound ham
• quart fresh okra
• three large tomatoes
• two onions
• one kernel garlic
• one small red pepper
• two tablespoons flour
• three quarts boiling water
• half pound butter
• one bay leaf
• pinch salt
• pinch cayenne pepper

Method

1. 1

   Mince ham and place in kettle with other ingredients except chicken.

2. 2

   Clean and cut chicken, boil in water with salt for an hour.

3. 3

   Strip meat from bones, mix with ham, and add shrimp just before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus (1911) by Rufus Estes, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN GUMBO, CREOLE STYLE— For about twelve or fifteen, one young hen chicken, half pound ham, quart fresh okra, three large tomatoes, two onions, one kernel garlic, one small red pepper, two tablespoons flour, three quarts boiling water, half pound butter, one bay leaf, pinch salt

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