This side dish from Simply in Season is super quick tastes like summer.
Ingredients:
- 4 C okra (cleaned and trimmed, I sliced mine)
- 1 large onion (sliced)
- 2 sweet peppers (chopped)
- 1 chili pepper (seeded and sliced)
- 2 large tomatoes (diced)
- salt to taste
Directions:
- Saute’ the okra in 2 T of olive oil in a large frying pan for about 10 minutes.
- Add the onions and peppers and saute’ until translucent, using medium heat.
- Add the tomatoes and cook another 10 minutes (I covered the vegetables at this point). Salt to taste.
The Verdict: DH was at a brewing meeting, so I made this for a light supper. LOVED the flavor. And somehow the okra snot disappeared after adding the tomatoes, which is a good thing. I could imagine this as a main dish served over polenta and topped with cheese. Maybe add some black beans.
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I STILL have not gotten okra from the farm! Last week I was so busy with the demo (saw you, but you were in a hurry?) and it was too dang hot to go out in the field. Missed my 3 quarts of green beans, too.
I heard the “snot” is not noticeable when you add tomatoes!
Sadly, the only way I have ever eaten okra is with a corn meal coating and fried, or in gumbo. Actually, that’s not sad at all, they are both delicious – but I never think about doing anything else with it.
Yum! I have never had okra, so this would probably be a great way to try it out! 🙂