Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients

• one ounce of raw ham
• an onion
• a piece of butter
• the wings of a chicken
• three pints of consomme
• a pinch of barley
• ten okra-pods
• five tablespoonfuls of tomatoes
• a little red pepper

Method

1. 1

   Cut ham and onion into small squares, sauté with butter, add chicken wings, color slightly, add consomme and barley, boil for an hour.

2. 2

   Half an hour before serving, add okra, tomatoes, and red pepper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Gumbo. Cut in very small squares one ounce of raw ham and an onion, which put in a saucepan, with a piece of butter, and the wings of a chicken cut in small pieces. When beginning to color slightly, add three pints of consomme (or stock, Art. 1) and a pinch of barley. Boil an hour. Half t8 FRENCH DISHES. an hour before serving, put in ten okra-pods cut in slices, five tablespoonfuls of tomatoes, and a little red pepper

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