Ingredients
- 2 lbs of chicken or meat
- 1 qt of sliced okra or a coffee-cupful of filee
- White rice
- Optional
- Oyster
- Crab
- Shrimp
- Green corn
- Tomatoes
- 1/2 lb of ham (or bacon)
Directions
- Cut up and season the chicken, meat, or other material to make the soup (2 pounds of meat or chicken, bones and all, with 1/2 a pound of ham or less of breakfast-bacon will flavor a gallon of soup)
- Fry the meat or chicken top a light brown in a pot
- Add boiling water in proportion to your meat and let simmer for at least two hours
- Take the large bones from the pot and add one quart of okra or a preparation of dried and pounded sassafras leaves called filee
- Never drain gombo
- If desired, add oysters, crabs, shrimp, green corn, tomatoes, etc.
- Boil rice and serve with gombo
- This recipe will serve 6 people
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