Lowney's Cook Book / Illustrated in Colors

by Maria Willett Howard

Chicken Okra Soup

• 2 tablespoons raw ham
  4 tablespoons onion
  ½ cup raw chicken
  2 tablespoons red pepper
  salt
  6 cups consommé
  6 okra pods
  2 cups tomato
  2 cups oysters
  pepper

Chop ham, onion, chicken and red pepper, and sauté; add consommé and cook one hour. Slice okra, add with tomato to consommé, cook one half hour. Add oysters, cook until edges shrivel, season and serve.