Okra - my Mom's way.

Lprimo · Oct 12, 2007

houtiger said: ↑

I don't cook this, but I told a lady at work about it (she's from Hammond orig.), and she loved it so I'll pass it on again.

Some folks don't like okra because it is slimy, or makes their gumbo slimy. This is what my mother always did.

She got a big black iron pot and put a little cooking oil in the bottom. She would slice the okra into little rounds, 4 or 5 to the inch. She got some diced tomates (canned is fine), and a diced onion. She threw all the ingredients in the pot on medium heat and started stiring, not constantly. After a while, the okra started to slime, good. Keep cooking and stirring. After a while, the slime starts to cook away, and you get a moist okra that is not slimy. She would put this in freezer containers and put it in the freezer. When we made shrimp okra gumbo, she did as normal, and threw in her "smothered okra" at the end since it was already cooked, and voila, we had 'non slimy' shrimp okra gumbo!

Man, that was some goooooodddd stuff!!!

I just thought I'd share that.

Anybody else do their okra that way?
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My mom, and Aunts still do this....along with fresh corn. I love fresh bay shrimp from Vermillion bay, with 2 packs of cooked okra. Makes a awesome Shrimp Okra Gumbo...through in a few boiled eggs...ummm ummm sha!

red55 · Oct 14, 2007

I'm a big fan of hot pickled okra, too.

Mr. Peabody · Oct 14, 2007

I like Okra

Boiled
Pickled
Fried

I don't care for it fried with a flour batter.

I like it fried with a cornmeal batter

OkieTigerTK · Oct 15, 2007

Mr. Peabody said: ↑

I like it fried with a cornmeal batter
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close. i dont like a batter, but simply damp sliced okra dreged in seasoned cornmeal then pan fried till crispy. i eat it like popcorn when cooked that way. *drool*

red55 · Oct 16, 2007

OkieTiger said: ↑

close. i dont like a batter, but simply damp sliced okra dreged in seasoned cornmeal then pan fried till crispy. i eat it like popcorn when cooked that way. *drool*
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That's the ticket!

Mr. Peabody · Oct 16, 2007

OkieTiger said: ↑

close. i dont like a batter, but simply damp sliced okra dreged in seasoned cornmeal then pan fried till crispy. i eat it like popcorn when cooked that way. *drool*
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that's what I meant if you want to get technical about it :wink:

phlashman · Dec 13, 2007

houtiger said: ↑

I don't cook this, but I told a lady at work about it (she's from Hammond orig.), and she loved it so I'll pass it on again.

Some folks don't like okra because it is slimy, or makes their gumbo slimy. This is what my mother always did.

She got a big black iron pot and put a little cooking oil in the bottom. She would slice the okra into little rounds, 4 or 5 to the inch. She got some diced tomates (canned is fine), and a diced onion. She threw all the ingredients in the pot on medium heat and started stiring, not constantly. After a while, the okra started to slime, good. Keep cooking and stirring. After a while, the slime starts to cook away, and you get a moist okra that is not slimy. She would put this in freezer containers and put it in the freezer. When we made shrimp okra gumbo, she did as normal, and threw in her "smothered okra" at the end since it was already cooked, and voila, we had 'non slimy' shrimp okra gumbo!

Man, that was some goooooodddd stuff!!!

I just thought I'd share that.

Anybody else do their okra that way?
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Sounds similar to what my Mom does...Aren't Mommas a wonderful thing!

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