Okra Creole Food

CREOLE OKRA

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the onion and garlic until limp. Add the green pepper; cook and stir until tender. Drain the tomatoes, reserving juice, and pour them into the skillet. Season with thyme, parsley, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Add the frozen okra, and pour in enough of the reserved juice from the tomatoes to cover the bottom of the pan. Cover, and cook for 15 minutes, or until okra is tender.

OKRA CREOLE

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a Dutch oven until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving drippings.
• Crumble bacon, and set aside.
• Cook okra and next 6 ingredients in hot drippings in Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Top with crumbled bacon.
• Serve over rice, if desired.

CREOLE OKRA

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the onion and garlic until limp. Add the green pepper; cook and stir until tender. Drain the tomatoes, reserving juice, and pour them into the skillet. Season with thyme, parsley, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Add the frozen okra, and pour in enough of the reserved juice from the tomatoes to cover the bottom of the pan. Cover, and cook for 15 minutes, or until okra is tender.

OKRA CREOLE

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a Dutch oven until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving drippings. Crumble bacon, and set aside.
• Cook okra and next 6 ingredients in hot drippings in Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Top with crumbled bacon. Serve over rice, if desired.

SHRIMP AND OKRA CREOLE

Steps:

• Prepare Dinner in large saucepan as directed on package.
• Meanwhile, cook and stir green peppers and okra in nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray until crisp-tender.
• Add green pepper mixture to prepared Dinner along with the shrimp, tomatoes and hot pepper sauce; mix lightly. Cook on medium heat until heated through, stirring occasionally.

HEARTY CREOLE OKRA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil over medium heat in a large pot. Cook and stir celery and onions until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the corn kernels and cook for 3 minutes.
• Stir in okra, tomatoes, andouille sausage, and Creole seasoning; cover and cook over medium heat until the okra has lost all of its slippery texture, at least 45 minutes. Season with sea salt, black pepper, and more Creole seasoning if necessary. Cook, uncovered, to reduce liquid, about 10 minutes.

BEST CREOLE SHRIMP AND OKRA GUMBO

Steps:

• Slowly stir the flour into heated oil in a heavy cast iron skillet. Continue to stir until the flour is dark brown. Add the next 4 ingredients; stir until onions are clear. Add tomato paste and a cup of water. Add okra and tomatoes. Cook slowly, adding all the water and shrimp stock -a little at a time. Stir in sugar & creole seasoning. Cook for about an hour on a low fire, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom of pot; adding water if necessary.
• Add the shrimp ,sausage, parsley and the bay leaves. Cook another 30 minutes to an hour, adding seasoning to taste. Serve over boiled or steamed rice.

CORN OKRA CREOLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute green pepper and onion in oil until tender. Add corn and okra; cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, thyme, salt, pepper and, if desired, pepper sauce. Cover and simmer for 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

CREOLE CHICKEN AND OKRA RECIPE

Steps:

• Remove and discard chicken skin. In nonstick Dutch oven, place oil and heat over medium temperature.
• Add chicken and cook, turning, about 10 minutes or until brown on all sides. Remove chicken to warm bowl.
• To Dutch oven, add onion, green pepper, celery and garlic; stir and cook about 5 minutes. Add okra and cook, stirring, about 5 minutes more.
• Stir in tomatoes, parsley, paprika, bay leaf and salt. Return chicken to Dutch oven and spoon vegetable mixture over top.
• In small bowl, mix together chicken broth, wine and hot pepper sauce; pour over all.
• Cover, reduce heat to low and cook about 30 minutes or until fork can be inserted in chicken with ease. Serve with rice, if desired.