Okra And Tomatoes Food

MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE OKRA RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet (or pan with a lid) over medium-high until shimmering but not smoking. Lower the heat to medium and add the onions, garlic and chopped jalapeno peppers. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes stirring regularly (do not let the garlic burn, if needed adjust heat).
• Add the okra and sautee for 5 to 7 minutes over medium-high heat.
• Season with kosher salt, black pepper and spices. Toss to coat.
• Add the crushed tomatoes and water. Stir to combine. Add the tomato slices on top. Bring to a boil, then turn the heat to low and cover most of the way (leave a little opening at the top). Let the okra simmer on low heat for 20 to 25 minutes or until the okra has softened. Uncover and add juice of ½ lime (more to your liking).
• Remove from heat and serve over rice or with warm pita bread.

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.

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.

OKRA AND TOMATOES (A.K.A. OKRA GUMBO)

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large skillet that can be covered, until crisp. Remove from skillet and drain on paper towels. Saute onion in bacon drippings until tender. Add okra and tomatoes, stir to blend. Cover, reduce to low heat. Cook for about an hour, or until okra is tender, stirring occasionally. Do not stir too much or too briskly, because the okra will fall apart. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• **Note: Nanny diced the bacon and fried it and the onion together. My family doesn't like the bacon cooked into it because the bacon becomes soft. If you do it my way, you can sprinkle the bacon on right before serving.

OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Remove bacon from pan and saute okra, onion, pepper and celery until tender. Add tomatoes, salt and pepper and cook until tomatoes are heated through.
• Garnish with crumbled bacon, if desired.

CLASSIC OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook the okra in boiling water to cover in a saucepan 10 minutes or until tender; drain, cool completely (about 30 minutes).
• Cut the okra into ¼-inch-thick slices, discarding the stems.
• Heat the bacon drippings in a saucepan over medium-high; add the onion and bell pepper, and sauté 6 minutes or until tender. Add the tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper, lemon, and okra. Reduce heat to medium; cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir together the flour and 1 tablespoon water until smooth; add the okra mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, 2 or 3 minutes or until thickened.

OKRA AND TOMATOES RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash the tomatoes and okra under cool running water.
• Dice the onions.
• Place a skillet over Medium heat on your stove top.
• Add just enough oil to lightly coat the pan.
• Add bacon grease for seasoning if desired.
• When pan is hot, add the onions. Stir to coat with oil.
• Let the onions cook for several minutes while you prepare the tomatoes.
• Dice the tomatoes into larger sized pieces.
• Add the tomatoes to the skillet.
• Remove the ends from the okra and discard the pieces.
• Slice the okra pods into about ½ inch slices.
• Add the okra to the skillet.
• Add the black pepper, the salt and the sugar. Stir to combine.
• Reduce the heat slightly, and continue to stir and cook uncovered.
• Add a little warm water if needed to keep the vegetables moist.
• Cook until the okra is as tender as desired.
• Serve warm.
• Enjoy!

TOMATO & OKRA

Steps:

• 1. Fry bacon until crisp. Remove from fat and chop.
• 2. Cook okra in bacon drippings.
• 3. Add green pepper, onion and garlic to drippings; stir in tomatoes and cooked bacon. Add salt and pepper as needed. Cover skillet and cook an additional 15 minutes.

OKRA WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cover the bottom of a skillet with the olive oil and place over medium heat. Place the garlic, onion, and cayenne pepper in the skillet and stir until fragrant. Stir in the green pepper. Cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the frozen okra and allow to cook for 5 minutes more. Stir in both the diced and the stewed tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until all vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes.

EASY OKRA AND TOMATOES (FRESH OR FROZEN)

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a skillet on medium-high heat. Cook the bacon until crisp and remove the bacon and set aside.
• You can drain the fat from the bacon if you wish or leave it. I reserve at least a teaspoon of fat. Add the onions to the pan and saute for 3-4 minutes until fragrant.
• Add in the okra, diced tomatoes, and all of the seasonings. Stir.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover the pot. Simmer for 15-20 minutes until the okra is soft.
• Open the pot and add the cooked bacon. Stir.

OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cut each okra pod in half lengthwise and set aside. If there are any pods longer than 4 inches, cut them in half crosswise and then lengthwise.
• Heat the olive oil in a 4-quart saucepan over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onions along with the salt and cook until they begin to turn golden, 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 ginger, pepper, cardamom and okra. Stir to combine. Cook, uncovered for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, taste and adjust the seasoning as desired. Serve immediately.
• *Cook's Note: Grains of Paradise are available online and in specialty spice markets. They have a zesty flavor reminiscent of pepper, coriander, and cardamom.

OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a cast iron Dutch oven. Remove bacon and set aside.
• Add onion and celery to the bacon grease and cook until soft, about 7-8 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, water, okra, and seasonings. Cook 20-25 minutes, maintaining a simmer and stirring occasionally.
• Crumble bacon and stir in just before serving.

OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a large skillet or Dutch oven, cook bacon until the bacon is starting to get crispy and the fat is rendered, about 5 minutes.
• Add the onion and garlic; saute for 5 more minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes (with their juices), sugar, thyme, bay leaf, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce. Use the juices from the tomatoes to deglaze the pan, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Add the okra, cover with a lid, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the okra is tender (about 10-12 minutes for fresh okra or 7-8 minutes for frozen okra).
• Remove the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve immediately.

OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a saute pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 45 to 60 seconds. Add the red wine, and cook until reduced by half, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the okra, tomatoes, thyme, and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Cover, decrease the heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just tender, about 15 minutes. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

SPICY OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Trim off and discard the stem ends from the okra and cut the pods into 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices. Set the prepped okra aside.
• Peel and thinly slice the onion ; set it aside.
• Chop the tomatoes, reserving their juices; peel and mince the garlic; set them both aside.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan or sauté pan over high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the chopped onions and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions start to brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until brightly fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add the chili powder, cumin seeds, turmeric, and cayenne, if using, and cook, stirring as the spices sizzle, another 30 seconds.
• Add the okra and stir to coat the pieces with the onion-spice mixture.
• Add the tomatoes, any juices they've released, the salt, and 1/2 cup of water.
• Stir to combine everything and then cover. Reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer.
• Cook until the okra is tender and the flavors are well blended, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Take off the heat. Stir in the lemon juice and add more salt to taste, if desired.
• Serve the okra hot or warm.