Okra Tomato Gumbo - cooking recipe
Ingredients
-
3 slices bacon
1/2 lb. round steak, thinly sliced
2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
4 c. stewed tomatoes
1 qt. water
1 qt. chicken broth
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen lima beans
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen okra, sliced
1/2 c. cooked, diced ham
1 c. cooked, diced chicken
1 c. tiny cooked shrimp
1 can yellow whole kernel corn, drained
salt and pepper to taste
hot pepper sauce
Preparation
-
Fry
bacon
until
crisp;
remove, leaving drippings in Dutch oven. Reserve bacon to add to finished gumbo.
Add round steak slices
and
brown
slowly,
adding onions toward end of process. Add
tomatoes
with
juice, water, chicken stock and bouillon cubes;
simmer
1 hour or more.
Add frozen limas and cook 20 minutes.
Add sliced okra, ham and chicken.
Simmer 20 minutes. Just before serving, add the shrimp and drained corn and
heat thoroughly.
Taste
and adjust seasoning with salt, pepper
and pepper
sauce.
Serve in large shallow bowls with cornbread or cheese biscuits.
Makes 5 quarts.
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