Okra recipes - 5 recipes
Okra is an edible flowering plant that is extremely nutrient dense. Okra is high in fiber, folate and vitamin C. This green power plant is also an antioxidant and a good source of potassium and calcium. Okra is popular all around the world. It is fried in cornmeal batters and used to thicken gumbos in the Deep South. Okra is showcased in a lot of Indian dishes pickled, stir fried and in bhindi. The Caribbean uses okra along with seafood and cornmeal while in the Philippines it can be found steamed or boiled in salads.
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Fried Okra
By Bourbon Barrel Foods, Bourbon Barrel Foods
Mx flour, cornmeal, Bourbon Smoked Salt, and Bourbon Smoked Pepper together in a large bowl
- 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
- 1/4 all purpose flour
- 2 cups okra- chopped 1/4 inch piece
- 2 TBS Bourbon Smoked Salt
- 1 TBS Bourbon Smoked Pepper
- Peanut Oil
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Mom & Pop's Creole Gumbo
By mom14
Authentic, rich, and hearty gumbo
- 1 Whole uncooked chicken
- 2 lbs of andouille sausage
- 2 lbs of shrimp , peeled
- 1 lb oysters, fresh or frozen
- 2 lbs of fresh okra
- 1/2 large red onion
- 1/2 cup green onion
- 1/2 cup celery, diced or chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, diced or chopped
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup shallots
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 cup butter, divided
- 1 gallon water
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- tarragon, to taste
- thyme, ground or dried leaves, to taste
- 6 bay leaves
- creole seasoning, to taste
- gumbo file, to taste
- paprika, to taste
- pink salt or kosher salt, to taste
- splash of Guinness beer, if desired
- splash of white lightning moonshine, if desired
Out of this world okra meat pie!
By tsunad
This pie surpasses any stew and it has a punch of out of your world
- Prepare:
- 1 liver
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup flour (salt+pepper)
- butter pie crust unbaked (can use lard in this situation)
- Filling:
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1 cup liver milk (optional) replace with water
- 10 Okra sliced (handful)
- 1/2 cup frozen or fresh corn
- 1/4 cup favorite bbq sauce
- Thyme, Rosemary, or herbs of choice, pinch of nutmeg
- 1 package of ground beef (240g)
- Earlier prepared liver diced to small cubes
- 1/2 Onion, 1/2 celery diced, (optional) shredded carrot
Spiced Okra
By Bourbon Barrel Foods, Bourbon Barrel Foods
In a nonstick skillet, add the extra virgin olive oil and saute the okra for 2-3 minutes
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- 1 lb okra, trimmed and split lengthwise
- 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Bourbon Smoked Paprika
- 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1/4 tsp fennel seed
- 1 tsp Bourbon Smoked Pepper
- 1 tsp Bourbon Smoked Salt
- Extra virgin olive oil
goulash
By Mama Payton
Chicken/corn/okra/string beans/stewed tomatoes/chicken broth/
- chicken breast okra string beans corn stewed tomatoes chicken breast Jiffy cornbread
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