Okra Gumbo

Name: Okra Gumbo (Gombo Fevi)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ Pod of Red Pepper, Without the Seeds; A Tablespoonful of Lard, or 2 Level Spoonfuls of Butter; A Chicken; Salt and Cayenne to Taste; 2 Pints of Okra, or Fifty Counted; 6, Large Fresh Tomatoes; An Onion; 3 Quarts of Boiling Water, or Chicken Broth; 2 Large Slices of Ham; A Bay Leaf; A Sprig Each of Thyme and Parsley

Gombo Fevi

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

About

Ingredients

A Chicken
An Onion
6, Large Fresh Tomatoes
2

Method

Clean and cut up the chicken. Cut the ham into small squares or dice and chop the onions, parsley and thyme. Skin the tomatoes, and chop fine, saving the juice. Wash and stem the Okra and slice into thin layers of one-half inch each. Put the lard or butter into the soup kettle, and when hot add the chicken and the ham. Cover closely and let it simmer for about ten minutes. Then add the chopped