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Do you like fried okra?

Grimmerick
Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
edited December 2024 in Recipes
I love love Love it, except for the fried part. But I tried this the other day and now I can have fried okra anytime. I get the Picsweet bag of breaded okra, I completely ignore the directions. lay them out on tinfoil spray with a little evoo and garlic salt and pepper toss them, then I bake them at 375 for 20-25 minutes turning halfway through baking. They taste just as good and are crispy too if you let them cook long enough. Screw the directions and enjoy your southern comfort food!

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  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    I love fried okra. I haven't had in a very long time (Colorado doesn't know much about southern food). Either Trader Joe's or Whole foods sells dried okra and it is delicious.
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    I love the stuff.
    It is, however, very unkind to my blood sugars....which I don't really understand why. yes, it's breaded and fried, but there's simply not that many carbs in the breading when all you eat is 1/2 to 3/4 cup of chopped okra.
  • rogerheffington
    rogerheffington Posts: 9
    Go great with fried green tomatoes...
  • litterbitt
    litterbitt Posts: 15 Member
    Yes! But I don't like too much coating, too gummy. There's a restaurant here in town that does it this way: they take small okra and cut them lengthwise and they are just LIGHTLY breaded... more okra, more surface... garlicky. They are delicious that way. ALSO, I sautee' them in a pan with onions and garlic and EVOO.... just sorta stir-fry till the onions and edges start to caramelize... DELICOUS... try it!!
  • sandyjeffery
    sandyjeffery Posts: 140
    One of my favorite foods. In fact, I was craving some fried okra last weekend, but resisted.:cry:
  • Morgan103084
    Morgan103084 Posts: 73
    LOVE IT!!! thanks for the suggestion. i will try it, sounds so good.
  • jeddy3mcc
    jeddy3mcc Posts: 177 Member
    There is this place in Florida Called Church's Chicken and they have the BEST FRIED OKRA EVER!!! I also love fried green tomatoes!!!
  • juliaamilee
    juliaamilee Posts: 262 Member
    YUMMY! Love it!
  • cheerforsteelers
    cheerforsteelers Posts: 686 Member
    I don't think I've had it fried, but my good Jamaican friend turned me onto it. I love it!
  • LuckyAng
    LuckyAng Posts: 1,173 Member
    YES. Grew up in Texas, so we had it a lot. They actually sell it as a side at one of my all time favorite chicken joints out there, Chicken Express. I only get to have it once every 2 years when I go to visit family.
  • LovingCruz
    LovingCruz Posts: 634 Member
    Yummy love it
  • gogojodee
    gogojodee Posts: 1,243 Member
    It's super good! Thanks for the suggestions.
  • skinnybearlyndsay
    skinnybearlyndsay Posts: 798 Member
    Go great with fried green tomatoes...

    ^This. OM-NOM-NOM.

    Makes me want Southern cookin'!
  • TJtastic
    TJtastic Posts: 97 Member
    I love the stuff.
    It is, however, very unkind to my blood sugars....which I don't really understand why. yes, it's breaded and fried, but there's simply not that many carbs in the breading when all you eat is 1/2 to 3/4 cup of chopped okra.

    Before reading this post I looked up the info on okra (had boiled okra with my lunch), I had no idea that it naturally has sugar - or at least as much as it does.
    When I logged it in MFP I noticed the sugar amount so that's why I looked up the nutritional facts on it.

    http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2500/2
  • marie_cressman
    marie_cressman Posts: 980 Member
    Oh My... I LOVE fried okra!! I will need to pick up a bag of frozen and bake them up now!
  • gonnadoit2010
    gonnadoit2010 Posts: 53 Member
    OMG! You just took me back to when I was a kid and we went back to Texas to visit family. Love the stuff! I'm going to give this a try, thanks.
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