Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1 small stewing chicken
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cups okra, sliced and chopped
• 2 cups tomato pulp
• few sprigs parsley, chopped
• 4 cups water
• salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Dredge the chicken with flour and sauté in butter with chopped onion until browned.

2. 2

   Add okra, tomatoes, parsley, and water.

3. 3

   Season to taste and cook slowly until chicken is tender, about 2.5 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Southern cook book of fine old recipes (1935) by Lillie S. Lustig, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Gumbo 1 small stewing chicken 2 tablespoons Hour 3 tablespoons butter, melted 1 onion, chopped 4 cups okra, sliced and chopped 2 cups tomato pulp few sprigs parsley, chopped 4 cups water salt and pepper to taste After chicken is cleaned and dressed, cut it into serving portions. Dredge lightly with the flour and saute in the butter, along with the chopped onion. When the chicken is nicely browned, add the okra, tomatoes, parsley and water. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook very slowly until the chicken is tender and the okra well-cooked — about 2V-2 hours. Add water as required during the slow cook- ing process. If a thin soup is preferred, the quantity of water may be increased. Almond Chicken Soup Vz cup blanched almonds 6 bitter almonds 3 cups chicken. broth 1 teaspoon onion juice 1 bay leaf, crushed fine 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour

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