Chicken And Ham Creole Gumbo

Ingredients:

1 young hen chicken
1/2 pound ham
1 quart fresh okra
3 large tomatoes
2 onions
1 kernel garlic
1 small red pepper
2 tablespoons flour
3 quarts boiling water
1/2 pound butter
1 bay leaf
pinch salt and cayenne pepper

Preparation:

1. Mince your ham, put in the bottom of an iron kettle if preferred with the above ingredients except the chicken.
2. Clean and cut your chicken up and put in separate saucepan with about a quart or more of water and teaspoonful of salt; set to the side of the fire for about an hour; skim when necessary.
3. When the chicken is thoroughly done strip the meat from the bone and mix both together; just before serving add a quart of shrimps.

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