China Chilo

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Yield: 3.0 – 4.0 persons
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

1-1/2 lb. of leg, loin, or neck of mutton ↝ Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) [American Indian/Alaska Native Foods]
2 onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
2 lettuces ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
1 pint of green peas ↝ Peas, green, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
1 teaspoonful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
1 teaspoonful of pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
1/4 pint of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
1/4 lb. of clarified butter ↝ Butter, Clarified butter (ghee) [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little cayenne ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]

Instructions (4)

Mince the undressed leg, loin, or neck of mutton, adding a little of the fat, also minced.
Put it into a stewpan with the remaining ingredients, previously shredding the lettuce and onion rather fine.
Closely cover the stewpan, after the ingredients have been well stirred, and simmer gently for rather more than 2 hours.
Serve in a dish, with a border of rice round, the same as for curry.

Original Text

CHINA CHILO.

712. INGREDIENTS.—1-1/2 lb. of leg, loin, or neck of mutton, 2 onions, 2 lettuces, 1 pint of green peas, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of pepper, 1/4 pint of water, 1/4 lb. of clarified butter; when liked, a little cayenne.

Mode.—Mince the above quantity of undressed leg, loin, or neck of mutton, adding a little of the fat, also minced; put it into a stewpan with the remaining ingredients, previously shredding the lettuce and onion rather fine; closely cover the stewpan, after the ingredients have been well stirred, and simmer gently for rather more than 2 hours. Serve in a dish, with a border of rice round, the same as for curry.

Time.—Rather more than 2 hours. Average cost, 1s. 6d.

Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons.

Seasonable from June to August.

Notes

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