West African Lemony Chicken-Okra Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

2 x Juice of 2 Lemons
6 c Chicken broth or Water
3 x Tomatoes, peeled & choppped
2 c Sliced Okra (or 1 can 15 oz)
2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Ground Red Pepper
1 x Broiler chicken, (2 1/2 lbs)
1 x Lge Onion, peeled & chopped
1 cn Tomato Paste (6 oz.)
1/3 c Uncooked long grain Rice
1/4 ts Pepper
1 ts Ground Tumeric

Directions:

1.Cut up broiler-fryer chicken.

2.Rub lemon juice over chicken pieces.

3.Put in a large kettle with chicken broth or water. Bring to a boil.

4.Lower heat and cook slowly, covered, 12 minutes.

5.Add remaining ingredients and continue to cook slowly about 30 minutes, until chicken and rice are tender.

6.Remove chicken pieces and debone. Cut meat into small pieces and return to kettle.

Serves 4 to 6.