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Okra Soup
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 180 Minutes
Ready In: 190 Minutes
Servings: 8
An American recipe with African roots. Rice is invariably served with this soup and sometimes corn and buttered beans. From the Southern chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Ingredients:
1 soup bone
4 cups okra, cut fine
2 cups tomatoes, pulp (canned puree is fine)
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
1. Cover soupbone with cold water and allow to come to a boil; cook for about an hour.
2. Add okra and tomato pulp.
3. Season.
4. Simmer for two hours or until thick.
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