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Oumbo

From Kentucky receipt book, 1903

Serves 6

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • One chicken
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 2 ears of corn
  • 2 quarts of water
  • 1 quart okra
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tablespoons of flour

Method

  1. Cut chicken and boil in salted water for 1 hour.

  2. Fry chicken, then fry onion in the same fat.

  3. Brown flour, add chicken and water, then okra, tomatoes, corn, and season.

  4. Simmer for 4 hours and serve with rice.

Nutrition per serving

147Calories
9 gProtein
17 gCarbs
5 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oumbo. One chicken, 4 tomatoes, 2 ears of corn, 2 quarts of water, 1 quart okra, 1 onion. Cut up chicken and put in salted water 1 hour. Fry the chicken, then remove from the skillet and fry sliced onion with the fat of the chicken. Brown 2 tablespoons of flour

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