Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients

• One small hen
• two pounds okra
• five medium onions
• one pound lake shrimp
• small stalk celery
• one No. 2 can tomatoes
• two ears corn
• gallon water
• one tablespoon cooked rice

Method

1. 1

   Boil hen in water with celery and two onions.

2. 2

   Cut okra fine, sift flour over it, and brown onions in bacon grease.

3. 3

   Add okra and cook until done.

4. 4

   Add tomatoes and strained hen liquor.

5. 5

   Cook for one hour, then add shrimp and corn 20 minutes before serving.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Natchez recipes (1900), page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN GUMBO One small hen, two pounds okra, five medium onions, one pound lake shrimp, small stalk celery, one No. 2 can tomatoes, two ears com. Boil hen in gallon water with celery and two onions, cut okra fine, sift small amount of flour over okra. Brown chopped onions in bacon grease. When slightly brown add okra. Cook over slow fire until okra and onions are thoroughly done. Add mashed tomatoes. Strain liquor from hen Add okra, tomatoes and onion mix. Cook one hour on slow flame. Add cooked shrimp and cut com from cob 20 minutes before taking off stove. Add one tablespoon cooked rice

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