Chicken Okra Gumbo With Lima Beans

Ingredients

• 2 handfuls young okra, sliced thin
• 2 onions, chopped fine
• 1 gallon water
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 handful Lima beans
• 3 young chickens, cleaned and cut into small pieces
• 1 fowl or knuckle of veal
• 1 bit of boiled bacon or pork
• 6 tomatoes, peeled
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp flour
• Rice, for serving

Method

1. 1 Wash and slice the okra thinly. Chop the onions finely. Place the okra, onions, and water in a large pot or earthenware vessel.
2. 2 Season with salt and pepper. Keep the soup at a steady simmer, ensuring it does not boil, for several hours.
3. 3 Add the Lima beans, chicken pieces, fowl or veal, and boiled bacon or pork to the pot.
4. 4 Add the peeled tomatoes. Continue simmering until the meat is tender and the soup is nearly done.
5. 5 Thicken the soup by mixing butter and flour into a paste, then stirring it into the pot. Serve hot with boiled rice.