West African Lemony Chicken-okra Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 2 cups okra, sliced
• 1 broiler chicken (2 1/2 lbs)
• 1/3 cup long grain rice, uncooked
• 6 cups chicken broth or 6 cups water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 large onion, peeled & chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tomatoes, peeled & chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper, ground
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon turmeric, ground

Recipe

• 1 cut up broiler-fryer chicken.
• 2 if using can of okra, drain it well.
• 3 rub lemon juice over chicken pieces.
• 4 put in a large kettle with chicken broth or water.
• 5 bring to a boil.
• 6 lower heat and cook slowly, covered, 12 minutes.
• 7 add remaining ingredients and continue to cook slowly about 30 minutes, until chicken and rice are tender.
• 8 remove chicken pieces and debone.
• 9 cut meat into small pieces and return to kettle.