Gombo of Okra or Filee

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

1. 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)
2. Fry the meat or chicken top a light brown in a pot
3. Add boiling water in proportion to your meat and let simmer for at least two hours
4. Take the large bones from the pot and add one quart of okra or a preparation of dried and pounded sassafras leaves called filee
5. Never drain gombo
6. If desired, add oysters, crabs, shrimp, green corn, tomatoes, etc.
7. Boil rice and serve with gombo

• This recipe will serve 6 people

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Cha'Qalyn Brown
Louisiana Anthology
June 10, 2020