Oyster Gumbo

Ingredients

• ¼ cup onion (approx. 40g)
• ¼ cup butter (55g)
• 1 quart oysters (approx. 900g)
• 4 quarts water (3.8 litres)
• 1 chicken cut in pieces
• 1 cup cooked rice (approx. 200g)
• 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper
• 1 quart okra (approx. 680g)
• 2 tablespoons butter (28g)
• 2 tablespoons flour
• salt and pepper

Method

1. Melt butter, add chicken, and sauté.
2. Remove chicken; add onion, okra, pepper. Cook ten minutes.
3. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water.
4. When chicken is tender, add oysters and cook until edges curl.
5. Melt butter, add flour, and thicken soup.
6. Serve garnished with rice.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard