Oysters Gombos with Filee No. 1

Ingredients

• Full baked chicken
• Fifty raw oysters 
• Half a pound of ham
• Two white onions
• 2 tablespoons of file seasoning
  
• 1 & 1/2 cups of flour

Directions

1. Shred chicken.
2. Brown flour in a cast iron skillet.
3. White in 1/2 a cup of water, creating a gravy-like density.
4. Dice the two large onions, and brown them with butter in a small skillet. 
5. Put everything BUT oysters into a large pot to boil, and let boil for 10 minutes. 
6. Simmer gumbo for 1 hour.
7. Toss oysters in the pot for the last 20 minutes of cooking. 

Source — La Cuisine Creole 

Prepared by Emily Cook
Louisiana Anthology
September 28, 2021