Gumbo Soup

Name: Gumbo Soup
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: chopped parsley; salt and pepper; ¼ pt. Lima or fresh haricot beans; ¼ pt. Lima or fresh haricot beans; salt and pepper; 1½ pt. brown stock; a few scraps of bacon or bacon bone; 2 large tomatoes; parsley stalks; a few scraps of bacon or bacon bone; 1 pt. or 1 medium can okra

American Okra Soup

Preparation info

4
helpings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1871

About

Ingredients

1 pt. or 1 medium can okra
2 large tomatoes

Soup
Gluten-free

Method

Slice the okra pods and cook them with the sliced tomatoes, bacon, parsley stalks and the beans in boiling stock until tender. Rub through a hair or nylon sieve; reheat and season. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.