Chicken Oyster Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs chicken, cut up
1 lb beef, diced
1 cup okra, diced
3 pints water
2 dozen oysters
salt and pepper, to taste
1 onion, peeled and minced
1 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 teaspoons file powder (powdered sassafrass leaves)

Preparation

Saute onion in butter until golden.
Place chicken and beef in a stockpot with water and cook until tender.
Strain, remove any bones, and replace meat and broth in stockpot.
Add okra and minced onions; reheat until okra is tender.
Add oysters with their liquor, salt and pepper to taste.
Add file powder and cook just until edges of the oysters curl.
Serve hot.