Oyster Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1 cup onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper
• ^ cup butter
• 1 quart okra
• 1 quart oysters
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 quarts water
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 chicken cut in pieces
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup cooked rice

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter, add chicken, and sauté.

2. 2

   Remove chicken; add onion, okra, pepper.

3. 3

   Cook ten minutes.

4. 4

   Add to chicken and cover with boiling water.

5. 5

   When chicken is tender, add oysters and cook until edges curl.

6. 6

   Melt butter, add flour, and thicken soup.

7. 7

   Serve garnished with rice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

I cup onion per 4 quarts water 1 bay leaf, sprig of thyme 4 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons butter salt, pepper, cayenne 1 cup rice cooked 1 cup cream I clove garlic SOUPS 61 Cook salt pork in frying pan five minutes ; add chicken, and saut^ a golden brown. Remove chicken; add onion ; garlic, okra cut in slices, and saute one half hour. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water. Add red pepper, seasonings, and cook slowly until chicken is tender. Melt butter ; add flour and cream ; cook five minutes ; add chicken mixture. Serve garnished with rice. Oyster Gumbo I cup onion 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper ^ cup butter 1 quart okra 1 quart oysters 2 tablespoons butter 4 quarts water 2 tablespoons flour 1 chicken cut in pieces salt and pepper 1 cup cooked rice

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