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OYSTER  GUMBO
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OYSTER GUMBO

11 ingredients 3 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

329
Calories
44g
Protein
7g
Fat
23g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Oyster 6 medium (84g) 81
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Okra 1 cup (100g) 33
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • a pint of water
  • a quart of young okra
  • a quart of chicken stock
  • a teaspoon of paprika
  • one onion sliced
  • 20 min- utes
  • 50 oysters
  • 46 oysters
  • salt
  • cayenne
  • paprika

Directions

1

Mrs. Chris Pabst.

2

Singe, clean, and cut as for fricassee i fowl ; put it in a baking pan, add one onion sliced, half a pint of water, and bake until tender. Wash and cut in thin slices a quart of young okra ; put it in a sauce pan, add a pint of water, and cook slowly for half hour. Lift the chicken into a soup kettle, add a quart of chicken stock or boiling water, and simmer gently for 20 min- utes. Add a rounding teaspoon of salt, a level saltspoon of cayenne, and, if you like, a teaspoon of paprika. Add the okra and 50 oysters ; cover the sauce pan and cook for 5 minutes, and send at once to the table.

3

46 Oysters.

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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