West african lemony chicken-okra soup
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 x Juice of 2 Lemons 2 c Sliced Okra (or 1 can 15 oz)
- 1 x Broiler chicken (2 1/2 lbs) 1/3 c Uncooked long grain Rice
- 6 c Chicken broth or Water 2 ts Salt
- 1 x Lge Onion peeled & chopped 1/4 ts Pepper
- 3 x Tomatoes peeled & choppped 1/2 ts Ground Red Pepper
- 1 cn Tomato Paste (6 oz.) 1 ts Ground Tumeric
Instructions:
Cut up broiler-fryer chicken. If using can of Okra drain it well. Rub lemon juice over chicken pieces. Put in a large kettle with chicken broth or water. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and cook slowly covered 12 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and continue to cook slowly about 30 minutes until chicken and rice are tender. Remove chicken pieces and debone. Cut meat into small pieces and return to kettle. Serves 4 to 6.
