Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients

• 1 chicken cut in pieces
• 1 cup salt pork cubes (approx. 225g)
• ¼ cup onion (approx. 40g)
• 4 quarts water (3.8 litres)
• 4 tablespoons flour
• salt, pepper, cayenne
• 1 cup cream (240ml)
• 1 quart green okra (approx. 680g)
• 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper
• 1 bay leaf, sprig of thyme
• 4 tablespoons butter (56g)
• 1 cup rice cooked (approx. 200g)
• 1 clove garlic

Method

1. Cook salt pork in frying pan five minutes; add chicken, and sauté a golden brown.
2. Remove chicken; add onion, garlic, okra cut in slices, and sauté one half hour.
3. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water.
4. Add red pepper, seasonings, and cook slowly until chicken is tender.
5. Melt butter; add flour and cream; cook five minutes; add chicken mixture.
6. Serve garnished with rice.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard