Canned Tomatoes And Okra Food

STEWED OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a heavy bottomed saute pan over medium-high heat, add the bacon. Render the bacon until crisp. Remove from pan and reserve. Add the onion and saute until tender, about 3 minutes.
• Add the okra and tomatoes, making sure to add the reserved juice from the tomatoes to the saute pan. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 15 minutes.

CANNED TOMATOES AND OKRA

Steps:

• Wash tomatoes and okra or zucchini.
• Dip tomatoes in boiling water 30 to 60 seconds or until skins split.
• Then dip in cold water, slip off skins and remove cores, and quarter.
• Trim stems from okra and slice into 1-inch pieces or leave whole. Slice or cube zucchini if used.
• Bring tomatoes to a boil and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add okra or zucchini and boil gently 5 minutes.
• Add 1 teaspoon of salt for each quart to the jars, if desired. Fill jars with mixture, leaving 1-inch headspace.
• Adjust lids and process in a dial gauge pressure canner at 11 pounds pressure or a weighted gauge pressure canner at 10 pounds pressure. -Pints: 30 minutes -Quarts: 35 minutes
• Variation: You may add four or five pearl onions or two onion slices to each jar.

CANNING OKRA

Steps:

• NOTE: Follow this ratio of ingredients -- for every 1.5 kg (3 lbs) tomatoes, use up to 500 g (1 lb) okra.
• Wash okra. Trim stems off, and either cut into 2 to 3 cm (1 inch) pieces, or, leave whole. Set aside.
• Wash tomatoes and peel tomatoes.
• Core and quarter tomatoes.
• Put in large pot.
• Bring pot of tomatoes to a boil, then lower to a simmer and let simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
• Add okra. Let simmer 5 more minutes.
• Pack into jar size choice, distributing solids and liquids equally.
• Leave 3 cm (1 inch) headspace.
• If desired, add 1/2 teaspoon salt or salt sub to each half-litre (pint) jar; 1 teaspoon to each litre (quart) jar.
• If desired, tuck into either size jar either two onion slices 1/2 cm (1/4 inch) thick or 4 to 5 peeled pearl onions.
• Debubble, adjust headspace.
• Wipe jar rims.
• Put lids on.
• Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet.)
• Processing time: half-litre (US pint) jars for 30 minutes OR 1 litre (US quart) jars for 35 minutes.

OKRA WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Saute 4 smashed garlic cloves in 3 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat until golden. Add 4 cups okra (halved lengthwise) and 1 small onion (cut into wedges); season with salt and pepper and cook until the okra is tender and bright, 10 to 12 minutes. Add 1 pint halved cherry tomatoes; cook until just bursting, 3 minutes. Finish with a splash of cider vinegar.

OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Saute the onion in the oil over medium heat until softened. Add the okra and the tomatoes with all their juice. Cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Add salt to taste, and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes more. Top with a dash of pepper just before serving.

OKRA & TOMATOES

Steps:

• Clean and trim okra just before cooking. Cut each okra in half lengthwise, if there are any pieces longer than 4 inches, cut them in half crosswise and then lengthwise.
• Heat the olive oil in a deep sided skillet over medium heat and add the onions along with the salt; cook until they begin to soften, approximately 4 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute longer.
• Add the tomatoes and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Decrease the heat to low and add the okra. Stir to combine.
• Cook, uncovered for 20 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a dutch oven and cook over over medium heat until onion and okra is just crisp tender or done to your liking. (Note: USE the juice from the tomatoes as well.).
• Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.
• NOTE: Do not salt before the okra and onion are done to your liking. The salt seems to add to the slime. Also, stir only as much as you need The more you stir the slimier it can get.
• Serve with Hot Sauce if desired.
• OAMC NOTE: This freezes well in any quantity desired. Simply reheat when needed.