Chicken Oyster Gumbo

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 chopped
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons file powder (powdered sassafrass leaves)

Directions

1. 1

   Saute onion in butter until golden.

2. 2

   Place chicken and beef in a stockpot with water and cook until tender.

3. 3

   Strain, remove any bones, and replace meat and broth in stockpot.

4. 4

   Add okra and reheat until okra is tender.

5. 5

   Add oysters with their liquor, onion and salt and pepper to taste.

6. 6

   Add filé powder and cook just until edges of the oysters curl.

7. 7

   Serve hot.